In the wild, atlas moth caterpillars eat the leaves of cinnamon, citrus fruit, guava and Jamaican cherry trees. In the butterfly house, they are fed on privet from the Museum Wildlife Garden. Luke ...

Privet hedges have long been derided as a symbol ... assailed by the voracious caterpillars of the box processionary moth, and the fungal disease box blight, which are ravaging the traditional ...