{"id":8628,"date":"2016-03-20T21:00:41","date_gmt":"2016-03-20T14:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/box-tree-caterpillars-why-we-might-have-to-get-used-to-the-worst-pest-in-britain\/"},"modified":"2016-03-20T21:02:22","modified_gmt":"2016-03-20T14:02:22","slug":"box-tree-caterpillars-why-we-might-have-to-get-used-to-the-worst-pest-in-britain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/box-tree-caterpillars-why-we-might-have-to-get-used-to-the-worst-pest-in-britain\/","title":{"rendered":"Box tree caterpillars: why we might have to get used to the \u2018worst pest in Britain\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nThis east-Asian bug can devour an entire hedge by itself and has become the blight that British gardeners complain about most \u2013 but there\u2019s not much we can do about itName: Box tree caterpillar.Age: About four weeks as a caterpillar, then a few weeks more as a moth. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
\nRead more…Box tree caterpillars: why we might have to get used to the \u2018worst pest in Britain\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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