Hungry caterpillars have covered a 100ft (30m) expanse of trees in a huge ghostly-looking web. The webbing has been created by ermine moth caterpillars along a stretch of the A5134 close to Bedford.

Somerset Cider Brandy doesn't use pesticides and says its only defence against the creatures is to buy ducks to eat the caterpillars. An ermine moth is white with small black spots on the forewing ...