A horde of moths has invaded a small town in France, leaving its residents fed up.

The town of Oyonnax, in the Ain department, has played host to thousands of boxwood moths for the past few weeks, according to one local.

Footage filmed on September 9 around 9:30 PM by Gaelle Lecompte shows a huge cloud of moths sticking to windows and milling around lampposts.

He says he was greeted by the sight when he and his partner arrived in the village late at night.

Lecompte believes the insects' presence is in part explained by the lampposts.

"The moths are particularly concentrated in our village – especially at night because of these streetlights," he said.

For several weeks we are victims of the borer (it is a butterfly, the caterpillars of its butterflies eat the shrubs named boxwood)
For several weeks, therefore, borer clouds are concentrated in our village is especially at night because they are attracted by the light streetlights. Tonight my spouse and I were invited and when we arrived in our village on September 9, 2018 at 9:30 pm, the borer was the most ..