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I make no apologies for 'Bumping' this thread.
I apologise for I note that I am six weeks later than when I posted this thread last year.
If you're about to visit Spain or Portugal for the first time, you may be unaware of these little blighters.
Have a read and please, do not touch.
Buen Camino.
When I started this thread I knew there were posts on here.
However, the makeup of the thousands of peringrinos flying in from all over the World on, what could be for them, a once on a lifetime trip, means that they would have very little chance of knowing about these creatures.
I for one had...
It's a difficult one to answer.
The photo I provided is somewhat confusing as it appears that the 'nest' could be attached to broom, an entirely different plant from what I have regularly seen which is that the nest is normally attached to either the topmost branch of a conifer tree or attached...
Ivar,
You have no idea how much my chest puffed out knowing that I have given you, one who has provided so much information to others, this information.
I am in contact with several non Camino walkers who are currently in the Iberian Peninsular.
They are reporting that the Processionary caterpillers are falling out of their nests and starting their march across the landscape. Whilst these reports are for the more temperate parts of Spain and...
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