what is eating the leaves of my blueberries?
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Aphids cause the leaves of your blueberry bush to turn yellow and to become distorted. These tiny pests can also decrease your blueberry yield. ... Blueberry nets will help protect your fruit from birds, which will eat your berries quite quickly.
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Pests. Coleus plants are sometimes attacked by mealy bugs, which resemble bits of white fuzz, though they may also be infested with whiteflies, aphids, spider mites and slugs. Pests can cause spots and holes in leaves, as well as stunt growth and reduce plant vigor.
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The black vine weevil and the fuller rose beetle are two pests that feed on gardenias. The larvae of these bugs are known as grubs and appear as plump worms. Typically, these grubs feed on the roots of the plant they are infesting while the adult weevils and beetles munch on the shrub's leaves.
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The primary foliar pests on bay trees are aphids and psyllids. Aphids are soft bodied insects that may be brown, black, white, green or even red. They cling in colonies to stems or leaves, often in a clustered mass. These insects suck sap and can eventually cause leaf stippling and low vigor in the entire plant.
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What is eating the leaves of my gooseberry bush? The leaves are being eaten by the larvae of the gooseberry sawfly. This is a very common pest on gooseberry bushes. ... A third generation of adults develop and their larvae overwinter in cocoons in the soil.
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Slugs will eat any kind of vegetation but prefer tender leaves. This means that particularly tender-leaved plants or seedlings are very vulnerable to slug damage. Slugs will also eat vegetables and fruits, causing unsightly damage to crops.
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As their name suggests, Leaf Beetles feed on the foliage of African Violets, chewing small holes at the edges of the leaves. Leaves have holes in them. They appear to have been eaten. Leaf Beetles typically chew holes at the edges of the leaves.
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Slugs are rhubarb pests that are commonly found on the stalks and occasionally on the leaves. ... If the edges of the rhubarb leaves are being eaten away (jagged edges) or there are large holes in the leaves, or the stalks have scars, the problem may be slugs (see image below).
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But red leaves on a blueberry bush in the spring, when foliage should be a bright, lustrous green, usually indicate one of several problems. Off-season red foliage usually indicates infection by disease or nutrient deficiency but is also common when springtime temperatures are abnormally low.
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They survive and thrive in cold, harsh climates which has a natural benefit of reducing crop insects and pests. This makes them a “low input” crop with fewer pesticides needed. We had the pleasure of raking wild blueberries ourselves.
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The hollyhock weevil eats small irregular holes in the leaves while Japanese beetles can riddle the leaves with holes eventually skeletonizing them. Knock these pests into a bucket of soapy water to reduce their population and feeding damage. Caterpillars and sawflies can also eat irregular shaped holes in the leaves.
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As adult "beetles", vine weevils will eat the edges of leaves. This attack disfigures the leaves but healthy plants, trees and shrubs will recover from this damage. However the grubs eat the roots and even sometimes the main stem of plants which, if left untreated, is often fatal.
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What Is Eating My Impatiens? ... Impatiens resist major pest infestations but occasionally slugs and black vine weevils chew on the leaves. Aphids, thrips and other sap-sucking insects also affect impatiens sucking juice from inside the leaves.
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Ants sometimes visit strawberry plants to eat the sweet fruit. If you see ants on your strawberries, they are probably accompanied by aphids. Aphids feed on your plants and can spread disease. Aphids produce a sweet substance called honeydew that ants use as a food source.
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What's eating the new leaves on my kiwi plant? Many organisms can cause large ragged holes in leaves, but the slimy trail suggests the presence of snails or slugs. Snails and slugs are mollusks. They have a soft body that is either covered by a shell (snails) or is free of such a shell in which case it is a slug.
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Leaf-Eaters. Caterpillars, sawflies, leafminers, beetles, worms and other insect larvae attack various species of trees consuming their leaves. The damage caused by leaf-eating insects ranges, but in extreme circumstances defoliation may occur.
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A: There could be several creatures eating the leaves of your citrus trees. It is possible a katydid or a grasshopper are snacking on the leaves. The katydid, although very large in size, looks so much like a leaf you could easily miss them.