Overview
- Stadt Hof found oak processionary moth nests in the lake's rear west area and has cordoned off the immediate site for specialist removal.
- Officials warn the caterpillars' fine urticating hairs can cause skin irritation and breathing problems and advise people to avoid the sealed zone.
- Hof says swimming and leisure areas outside the marked perimeter remain safe and open to the public.
- Control teams will spray nests with a specialist adhesive to bind the hazardous hairs and then remove the nests, the standard method also used in Denmark and Berlin.
- The find follows a regional outbreak that began in Odense in 2024, has reached Copenhagen, and has prompted political debate in Denmark about broader measures and a post-summer parliamentary review.