Processionary caterpillars continued

Thanks to all who responded to my cry of help regarding processionary caterpillars.
 
  Following Jilly Bennett's advice I asked a local sanglier (wild boar) hunter to use the nests as target practice.  He arrived with his 12 bore shot gun and proceeded to either blast the nests to smithereens or put a large hole in them.  Apparently the large hole causes the nest to die and if this happens the nest will turn brown.
 
Unfortunately some of the nests were so high that the shot gun would have been unable to punch a large enough hole in them to be effective so we shall no doubt see the contents of these nests nose to tail later in the spring.
 
Jill Randall
Montagne Noire
SW France
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