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The arrival of a new pest can send a shiver down your spine. While walking to a friend's house at the weekend, I was horrified to discover a long stretch of hawthorn and bramble hedgerow being devoured by caterpillars of the brown-tail moth

) grows to a height of around 1.5m. Its leaves grow around the stem like a staircase, and tall spires of pink flowers emerge in summer, attracting a range of insects. It’s also the main food plant of the majestic elephant hawk-moth, whose huge, elephant