what is eating the leaves on my gardenia?
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Grubs and/or earwigs are generally what eat gardenia leaves. To control the earwigs spread Baysol (snail bait) around your plants every two to three weeks. To control grubs and caterpillars spray with a product called Dipel. ... Soapy water can sometimes help but some soaps and detergents can be harmful to your plants.
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12 Bugs That Eat Leaves. Since you rarely see the pest that is eating your plants, you often have to decide upon a treatment by observing the damage done. ... Leafminers are larvae of flies, sawflies, and beetles that feed on leaves and causes discolored blotches or wiggly lines.
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Mealybugs infest ferns, appearing as tiny white dots on the leaf axils and undersides of the fronds, according to the University of Florida. Mealybugs appear cottony and can also infest the root area. You might see a sticky, clear liquid called honeydew on the fern fronds. It is a substance that mealybugs excrete.
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Various insects eat the leaves of grapevines including spider mites, leafhoppers and grapeleaf skeletonizers. These pests plague both commercial and home growers by reducing the quantity and quality of grapes for one or more seasons.
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Chewed edges or holes on maple leaves are usually signs of a caterpillar pest. ... They feed in groups and can completely strip small maple trees of their leaves. Other leaf-eating bugs that infest maple trees include tiny, pear-shaped aphids, black and red boxelder bugs and bronze-colored Japanese beetles.
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Voles are voracious pests that eat bulbs, tubers, tree roots, seedlings, and the stems of mature plants. If you've noticed underground tunnels just below the soil surface zigzagging through your garden/yard plus disappearing or dead plants, chances are you've got voles…
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Leafminers, caterpillars and cutworms are the most common leaf-eating insects that feast on gerbera daisies. ... Caterpillars and cutworms feeding on the gerbera daisy will cause ragged leaves, which may distort, die and fall from the plant.
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Slugs. Slugs can cause damage by eating the edges of the leaves of laurel. The damage is superficial and will not harm the overall health of the plant.
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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. ... Both the larvae and adult elm leaf beetle feed on tree leaves.
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Chewing Worms Imported cabbageworm and greenhouse leaftier are two leaf-eating caterpillars that feed on the nasturtiums, chewing holes in the foliage and leave it ragged. ... Healthy, vigorous nasturtiums usually tolerate leaf-eating larvae with little to no long-term damage.
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Small white worms in your houseplant's soil are most likely the larvae of the fungus gnat. This gnat thrives in moist, shaded areas and produce a maggot larvae that may harm the root system of your plant.
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Slugs. Slugs are widespread animals which can cause problems in the garden, eating holes in leaves, stems, flowers, tubers and bulbs. They can cause damage throughout the year on a wide range of plants, but seedlings and new growth on herbaceous plants in spring are most at risk.
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Slugs and snails like areas that are moist and shady and eat irregular-shaped holes in the leaf (but not along the edges). To see of snails and slugs are your plant-eating culprits, come out at night with a flashlight and look under leaves. ... Slugs will also eat ripening fruit touching the ground.
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Although pill bugs may infrequently eat garden or other plants around a home, they rarely do so to the extent they cause damage. Should a gardener see pill bugs in the garden and suspect them of damaging their plants, while that is possible, more likely it is a slug or some other garden pest doing the damage.
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The majority of pests that eat spinach are leaf-eating insects. Cutworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, snails, slugs and diamondback moth caterpillars are all common pests of spinach. Symptoms are irregularly shaped holes on either the leaf margins or in the middle of the leaves.
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Slugs & Snails: These can be a problem on daylilies, especially in the early spring when they feed on tender young growth. Their feeding results in ragged notches along leaf edges and sometimes holes in the middle of leaves. The appearance of shiny, slimy trails is a typical sign of their presence.
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Snails and slugs – Slugs and snails are capable of doing tremendous damage to dahlias and other plants. However, they are easy to spot; they chew large holes in leaves, and they leave slimy, mucous tracks wherever they go.