Caterpillars Attacking Horse Chestnut Trees

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Aug 17, 202612:07Science & Medicine

Regular Mooney Goes Wild listener Nikola Brady got in touch with us with a query. She regularly walks her dog along a country route close to her house in Kilcock, Co. Kildare and recently noticed a problem with the Horse...

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