Dear MGS members,
A good friend of mine, who gardens in London, has sent me the following call for help:
"The Box tree caterpillar, Scientific name Cydalima perspectalis, Plants affected Box (Buxus), Main symptoms Foliage is eaten and covered in webbing, Most active April-October. These have made a sudden and most unwanted appearance in Southern England, and I was aghast to get an email from my next-door neighbour to say that several of her young box bushes had been stripped"
I have learned that Provence has also been affected by the caterpillar.
My friend added: "I wondered if you and friends in the Mediterranean Garden Society has been struck by this plague, and if you can offer advice?"
Can you please suggest any sort of treatment that would be respectful of natural resources .
All best,
Jean