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2004/02/16 Elhuyar Zientzia

• Zoologia

These worms cause the most epidemics in the radiata pine, so abundant in Euskal Herria. Between the pines move in a row, one guides them and the rest follows the previous one. Surely you have seen them many times, often they go by roads to large lines and in the branches of the pines are built nests cotton. Don't touch yourself, as they produce hives!

They are processionists or pine fears. In the radiata pine grow because they eat the leaves of this tree. Man wanted to eliminate them in pine plantations. In Euskal Herria, for example, campaigns have been launched to kill through insecticides, but it is very difficult to end these sits. These days are easily found on roads close to pine forests.