What are these on my apple tree

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    Just browsing my garden and spotted these, friend or foe, and if foe best way to eradicate please. upload_2017-5-6_11-2-9.jpeg upload_2017-5-6_11-3-8.jpeg upload_2017-5-6_11-2-9.jpeg
     
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    Don't touch them Pam :yikes: Might be processionary moths :runforhills:
     
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      Wasn`t going to touch them,:yikes: shall I flame thrower them and sacrifice the end of that branch, they seem to be starting to disperse.
       
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          I'd spray the tree with provado and let them go bother someone else [​IMG]
           
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            it could be the Hawk Moth
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            The hairs on caterpillars are to help protect them from birds but can be irritating and cause skin problems for us human beings, such as the Oak Processionary caterpillars
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              Ooh just looked in.. Just going to look at my books and files back soon.. :scratch:
               
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                The ones who left the main group seem to have clumped together, for the night I presume, it has gone cooler, I have provado, but, I don`t want to kill them if they are not going to cause me any problems, if I am going for mass slaughter still favouring the flame thrower as the "cleanest" method. upload_2017-5-6_18-19-8.jpeg upload_2017-5-6_18-19-8.jpeg
                 
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                    Well I think they are one of the tent caterpillars, they look like Californican but trying to find out if they get here or an equivalent..

                    You know if you have a big tank or the like why not scoop them up for now and contain them.. I have no idea but you certainly don't want them to decimate your tree/trees as that many certainly will... I will keep looking.. They are the wrong colour for a Ermine moths..
                     
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                      No big tank, not as I would like to scoop and contain anything anyway.
                       
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                        Googled tent caterpillar, reads like they are not good for my apple, and it is loaded with blossom this year, by dark I will either provado or flamethrow I think, can see nothing to suggest it is a dwindling species.
                         
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                        Unless you use a flame thrower, pam:hate-shocked::dunno::heehee:
                         
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                            No it seems any tent caterpillar is a very unwelcome guest.. Check the label on provado as I don't think you should use it if you are going to eat the fruit.. I use a mix of Neem oil and horticultural soap with garlic thrown in for extra measure and found that to be very successful..
                             
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