The Invasion of Army Worms

Southern Army worms are 'invading' a town in Tasmania's south. These worms, in their hundreds and thousands, are crawling their way into farms, driveways and homes. One holiday maker stepped outside her car only to find the ground moving beneath her.

A local resident, Ms Raoul says, "We decided that we had to set up a kind of barrier so our friend down the road lent us some oil which I rang council and asked them if I could just put it on the perimeter of outside. That has managed to stop them actually leading in directly into the driveway but of course they then make their way around," she says.

Marion Bay, the victimised town, is prone to such 'invasions.'

A Department of Primary Industries spokespersons states that these caterpillar's are not poisonous, although they are a nuisance.

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