Yesterday I realized that my granate tree was full of worms and very unpleasant.
These were caterpillars, not worms.
I didn't like the hairs covering all its body.
I just call it necessary self-defence.
This is a community from insect lovers for insect lovers where the fascinating little creatures aren't "pests" or "unpleasant" but the main actors, the glamorous, admired stars! :-)
Here we try to change perspective and consider things from the point of views of the insects: are the caterpillars doing anything else than just eating, reproducing themselves (after becoming butterflies) and defending their lifes with very effective weapons? That's nothing else than what we humans are doing, too.
However, in addition we (Homo sapiens) pollute our environment, destroy the rain forests, change the climate, overfish the oceans, produce plastic and radioactive waste, conduct wars - yes, that's 'unpleasant'. :)
RE: The reason I had to cut my granate tree - Caterpillar of Megalopyge Lanata