Nimue Brown posted: " The cinnabar moth caterpillars have appeared on the ragwort, which has been flowering for a few days now. Cinnabar moths are lovely black and red, day flying entities, and ragwort provides food for a number of insects. Unfortunately, rag" Druid Life
The cinnabar moth caterpillars have appeared on the ragwort, which has been flowering for a few days now.
Cinnabar moths are lovely black and red, day flying entities, and ragwort provides food for a number of insects. Unfortunately, ragwort is poisonous to horses and cattle. It's not usually a problem because horses and cows alike generally have more sense than to eat it, but, when cut and dried in hay they can't tell it's there.
If you have ragwort on your land you can, in theory, be served with a notice to remove it, and not to do so at that point is an offence. You can also, in theory, have government people turn up and remove it, although they are supposed to give notice. It's a rather heavy handed approach to the issue, but there we go.
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