Overview

• Kindergartens in Aalen remain sealed indoors and sports or playground facilities across multiple Berlin districts are shut for weeks due to toxin-laden caterpillar hairs
• Specialist vacuum-extraction firms report capacity shortages, delaying nest removal and extending public venue shutdowns
• Authorities have intensified nematode biocontrol applications, which target roughly 90% of the oak processionary moth population on infested trees
• The Deutscher Wetterdienst’s PHENTHAUproc warning system delivers daily and seven-day forecasts of larval development to guide localized monitoring and response
• Municipalities are preparing potential aerial biocide treatments next spring to curb the outbreak before the next larval season