You could be fooled for thinking it is a frosty winter's morning or a Halloween scene, but a once-in-a-year phenomenon that ...

HUGE webs have been spotted on hedges in Herefordshire, leaving many wondering what on earth they are and what has created them.

HUGE webs have been spotted on hedges in Herefordshire, leaving many wondering what on earth they are and what has created ...

The spooky phenomenon is nothing to do with spiders and is in fact ermine caterpillars. Ermine caterpillars take over bird cherry, spindle or orchard blossom trees as well as hawthorn and blackthorn.

The various types of ermine moths are all white or grey with lots of small black dots, resembling ermine. Eggs are laid soon after adults emerge, with larvae hatching from late August and ...

Residents were stunned after thousands of caterpillars spun incredible webs on their street, making it "look like a scene ...

The webs slowly disappear over the summer and typically the hedgerow shrubs/trees recover. “The adult moths fly later in summer and all look superficially similar, being white or greyish with many ...

The tiny larvae have made large webs to protect their ... can gorge on vegetation before they pupate into bird cherry ermine moths. Freaked-out locals said the scene looked like the creepy ...

Remarkable pictures show blankets of silvery webs on trees and bushes on Waterloo Road in Beeston, Nott, where tiny larvae have made ... pupate into bird cherry ermine moths.

The tiny larvae have made large webs to protect their ... can gorge on vegetation before they pupate into bird cherry ermine moths. Freaked-out locals said the scene looked like the creepy ...