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Grey stuff on hedges

arneilarneil Posts: 313
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Round here , Co Armagh, hedges are covered in grey stuff , looks like dead bushes underneath , any ideas ? 
I can’t get a pic as nowhere to stop on country roads

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  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Very hard without a pic. Possibly the remains of seedheads from trees, especially willows, or something similar? We've had a lot of catkins etc blown into heaps here because it's been so dry.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    Thank you Fairygirl , my Daughter told me that she thought it was cobwebs. But I saw it a week later and thought it was webs or fungus , today she tells me it has spread and looks like the hedges are dying 
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    I’ve asked Google ! Seems it might be the ermine moth , hedges will recover !
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    It may well be that then.
    Impossible without knowing a lot more about the hedging too, as well as seeing a pic.
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    Thank you 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2023
    I think it’ll be the webs spun by the caterpillars of the Spindle Ermine moth. The caterpillars spin the web and live together under it, eating the hedge leaves … Euonymus aka Spindle is their favourite. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    Thank you
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    The hedges will recover … they’ll be fine. 😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • arneilarneil Posts: 313
    Thank you , I’ve forwarded the link to my Daughter
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