Like black-coloured rain: Caterpillar shower brings Mumbai traffic to a standstill
(WorldNews India)

Traffic on the road leading to Seawoods station from Sector 50 came to a standstill on Thursday morning after a large number of mangrove moth caterpillars rained down from trees on vehicles and pedestrians. Several eyewitnesses likened the brownish-black larvae or caterpillars shower to `heavy, black-coloured rain`. Advertising The larvae of mangrove moths are not usually seen in October. Experts said their prevalence in large numbers could be a consequence of climate change. Nirmala Ranjan, a 35-year-old resident of Sector 27 in Seawoods was on her...