Caterpillar invasion fears at Shannon Corner, New Malden and Wimbledon

I spotted these caterpillars on bushes near Shannon Corner New Malden covered in caterpillar silk closer inspection revealed thousands of caterpillars. I took some photographs which have now been used to in an article in the local paper.

The close up was taken using a Canon 100mm macro lens and flash set to high speed sync.

Larger picture and EXIF (Exchangeable Image File) data on Flickr