Processionary caterpillar,Thaumetopoea pityocampa, with its stinging hairs, on a silk nest in a pine tree

Processionary caterpillar, with its stinging hairs, on a silk nest in a pine tree

Pine processionary caterpillars (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) showing a unique behaviour. The leading caterpillar leaves a pheromone which the other caterpillars follow nose to tail.

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Pine Processionary (Thaumetopoea pityocampa) is a moth known for the irritating hairs of its caterpillars, their processions, and the economic damage they cause in coniferous forests.

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