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Invasive, toxic caterpillars that can kill are about to invade parts of London

In Summary : The caterpillars can be easily spotted by their name-sake nose-to-tail processions, but their most dangerous feature is their...

In Summary :

The caterpillars can be easily spotted by their name-sake nose-to-tail processions, but their most dangerous feature is their coat of toxic hairs. Each caterpillar has approximately 62,000 of the white bristles. The hairs are full of a toxic protein called thaumetopoein, and they can be ejected if the caterpillar feels threatened.[...]

kindly refer the following link as follow up :
https://arstechnica.com/?p=1300923

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