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‘Dog-Killer’ Caterpillars Invading Spain
EuroWeekly News ^ | 04 Oct 2024 | Marc Menendez-Roche

Posted on 10/06/2024 8:03:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway

Toxic Processionary caterpillars are becoming more and more present in Spain, posing a deadly threat to pets. Keep dogs safe as authorities warn of the toxic Processionary caterpillar, a growing concern in places like Axarquia, Costa del Sol, Ibiza, Menorca, and Murcia.

Pet owners soaking up the sun in Spain might want to take a break from tanning and keep a close eye on their four-legged friends – a hairy toxic menace is slithering through the streets, and it could spell disaster for some unlucky pooches.

The deadly Processionary caterpillar – a name that sounds more suited to a circus act than a silent killer – is back and making an early appearance this year, thanks to rising temperatures. When temperatures rise, so does the threat to pets. It’s a nightmare come true for dog owners in hotspots like Ibiza, Formentera, and Menorca. When temperatures soar, these dangerous creepy crawlies emerge early, turning a walk in the park into a potentially deadly game of Russian roulette for pets and pet owners.

'Dog-Killer' Caterpillars Invading Spain

The Processionary caterpillar might not look dangerous, but it can land your dog in a serious spot of bother. Just a single sniff or lick can trigger serious allergic reactions, breathing troubles, and, in extreme cases, blindness. Dog owners should be on high alert. These hairy creepy crawlies may induce mild skin reactions in humans, like itchy rashes, and in some cases, if someone is allergic, they may cause anaphylaxis. However, with dogs, the problem can be much more serious since the caterpillar’s hairs can act like poison darts that, in the worst cases, can lead to death by asphyxiation, according to pest control experts Doctor Pino.

The problem is so severe that authorities are handing out warnings, urging pet owners to stay vigilant. Vets across Spain have been telling dog owners to keep their dogs on a tight lead, especially in areas where these deadly bugs have been spotted. It’s not just the islands facing this issue – regions like Murcia are also seeing more of these caterpillars. There were government warnings reported in Murcia in January, and Almeria in February 2024.

Even the Axarquia Police Department released a public announcement on their Facebook page in 2021 warning pet owners about the dangers to dogs. Local Malaga vet Eduardo Fernandez stressed the importance of caution: “You must keep your pets away from these insects. Even brief contact could, in some cases, result in a life or death situation for your dog.”

There is a treatment available for trees, which helps prevent outbreaks of this creepy crawler. Many local councils already have regular seasonal treatment programmes in place. However, with changing temperatures, the caterpillar is hatching at unexpected times of the year.

So, if you’re out and about with your dog in Spain, watch where they’re sniffing.


TOPICS: Local News; Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: caterpillars; dogs; spain
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1 posted on 10/06/2024 8:03:05 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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Don’t forget to watch out for Haitian migrants too.


2 posted on 10/06/2024 8:17:51 PM PDT by No name given ( Anonymous is who you’ll know me as)
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To: nickcarraway

Gross


3 posted on 10/06/2024 8:42:28 PM PDT by leaning conservative (snow coming, school cancelled, yayyyyyyyyy!!!!!!)
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To: No name given
It was probably brought in with the African illegal aliens, who are a horrible problem for Italy and Spain.

Africans are incompatible with European culture.

4 posted on 10/06/2024 9:03:59 PM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (O give thanks unto the Lord, for He is gracious, and His mercy endureth forever. -- Psalm 106)
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To: All
teach dogs to fear this vehicle and save their life.


5 posted on 10/06/2024 9:12:52 PM PDT by BipolarBob (I may have flunked high school but the pigeons have accepted me as their leader, so I have that.)
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To: nickcarraway
DOG KILLER!


6 posted on 10/06/2024 9:18:03 PM PDT by Zack Attack (✔)
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To: nickcarraway

Cats are not curious?


7 posted on 10/06/2024 9:18:37 PM PDT by lee martell
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To: nickcarraway
The risks of processionary caterpillars: risks for your dog, your cat -  Dermoscent®
Kind of remind me of illiberal left wing nuts
kissing each other's ass.
8 posted on 10/06/2024 9:19:56 PM PDT by chief lee runamok ( Le Flâneur @Large)
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To: nickcarraway

People don’t realize that numerous caterpillars are toxic to some degree, including some of our North American ones.

https://www.bioexplorer.net/poisonous-caterpillars.html/


9 posted on 10/06/2024 9:25:10 PM PDT by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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To: nickcarraway

Ya know, perhaps the euro weenie author ought turn it down a few notches. The only thing missing from the piece is ‘climate change’.

Fact is that Spain is habitat for Thaumetopoea pityocampa (Pine processionary). “Regularly,” in fact, according to science.

https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Known-distribution-of-Thaumetopoea-pityocampa-in-Europe-Asia-and-North-Africa-combining_fig11_235605308

Below is a paper describing the collection and analysis of nests...from 1925-1928 outside of Madrid in the Guadarrama region, FAR north of the south region ‘they’ claim the moth habitats normally.

https://www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/full/10.5555/19400500268

*sigh*


10 posted on 10/06/2024 9:51:30 PM PDT by logi_cal869 (-cynicus the "concern troll" a/o 10/03/2018 /!i!! &@$%&*(@ -)
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To: nickcarraway

Meanwhile hurricane dogs ( and cats and livestock) need your help.

A local friend who is an absolute angel for rescues and people needing funding for sick dogs.

Die hard conservative too.

Anyone can spare something for her list, PLEASE do.

Her Amazon list is called

Santas snuggle up hurricane /Sister kitten

Find her on Facebook under that charity too.

She is the real deal

https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2HL0K9R0VCCJ7?ref_=wl_share


11 posted on 10/06/2024 10:11:06 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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To: Salamander

Thank you for this.


12 posted on 10/07/2024 3:42:37 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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Thank you!

Lana puts her heart and soul into helping every critter and person who needs it.

She is amazing.


13 posted on 10/07/2024 3:50:26 AM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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To: Salamander

Just sent cat and dog food and the alfalfa cubes for the bunnies and guinea pigs. How wonderful she is!

I can’t even begin to imagine the devastation - I am on the NC coast and am LIVID at this admin intentionally shoving pain at our citizens so they can funnel more money to the crimmigrants.


14 posted on 10/07/2024 3:54:00 AM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: nickcarraway

Maybe the Spaniards will make them a delicacy - like the Japanese did with the blowfish -— why did “blowfish” remind me of Kamala?


15 posted on 10/07/2024 5:11:45 AM PDT by trebb (So many fools - so little time...)
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To: nickcarraway

Spray Demand Duo on the trees, it kills overnight.


16 posted on 10/07/2024 5:27:28 AM PDT by Titus-Maximus (Tthe trouble with socialism is that you soon run out of other people's zoo animals to eat.)
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To: Cowgirl of Justice

God bless you!!!!

I talk to my internet-less mom every night and she has no idea what’s happening there.

Not on the news at all.

How many more are unaware of the sheer scope of this horror?

Crimmigrants?

Heh.

Stealing that one.

;)


17 posted on 10/07/2024 11:37:23 AM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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To: Salamander

Its hard even for those of us with internet but no close contacts in that region (the habitat zone of my subspecies of American is coast to coast but only in the extreme nothern tier).

I find all kinds of sources covering it, just not any good ones. A lot of videos about a content creator that once heard of these places. Videos about one scruffy little pastor and his undamaged neighborhood. Sometimes a picture of a river with some junk in it which does tend to happen after a storm.


18 posted on 10/07/2024 2:35:56 PM PDT by gnarledmaw (Hivemind liberals worship leaders, sovereign conservatives select servants.)
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To: Salamander

My husband and I are thinking of moving to the western part of NC or SC.

This has shaken us. Americans deserve better than what the liberals are doing to us and our pets.


19 posted on 10/07/2024 2:39:38 PM PDT by Cowgirl of Justice
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To: gnarledmaw

My mother is actually afraid of the internet entirely.

She thinks hackers are out for her.

I’ve given up trying to convince her otherwise.


20 posted on 10/07/2024 3:53:46 PM PDT by Salamander (Please visit my profile page to help me go home again . https://www.givesendgo.com/G2FU)
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