hiidenkonttibeta

Some kind of larvae has made an invasion on most of bird cherry trees (prunus padus, tuomi), covering their late flowers in some kind of web. Or it seems they start with the dead flowers, and go on – covering nearby leaves, the branch, the whole tree, and even the neighbouring trees and plants in the same web. I have no idea what they actually are.

There was a park bench under one of the completely wrapped trees. I had just been photographing it, and moved on when I noticed two young women about to take a break on the bench. First one sat down, completely unaware of her surroundings – and got up rather quickly when her friend instructed her to study her sitting place on a bit more detailed level:

I had already brushed larvae dropping from the trees off my clothes a few times.

update: the larvae are yponomeuta evonymellus, or bird-cherry ermine moth (“tuomenkehrääjäkoi”).