[Sir Trev]

Box Tree Caterpillers. Last year I had to dig out and bin the box plants in my front garden as they died from, I thought, blight. The topiary box bushes round the back had it too but not so bad so I gave them another year to see if they pulled through. They started growing then suddenly died last week, and now we're overrun with caterpillars. Lady Poppy looked them up and found they're a far Eastern invasive species that are spreading out from London, wrecking box plants as they go. I planted them out 15 years ago and shaped them when big enough several years later. Now they're chopped up and in the garden waste bin that'll be collected next week. Damn caterpillars.