something is eating the leaves on my tulips?
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Any suggestions you may have as to how to protect them will be appreciated. A: That's rabbit chewing, alright. Rabbits love tulip leaves almost as much as deer like the flower buds and rodents like the bulbs. It's almost a miracle when tulips survive all of that to bloom.
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Chewed Blossoms and Leaves: Several pests chew flowers and leaves – from Fuller rose beetles that leave ragged edges on leaves to leafcutter bees that cut semicircular holes. Rose slugs look like tiny caterpillars, but are the sluglike larva of a sawfly.
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If you notice dark hairy caterpillars eating the leaves on your trees, you may have forest tent caterpillars, eastern tent caterpillars or gypsy moths.
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Holes in strawberry leaves. ... It could be earwigs eating the leaves of your strawberry plants or slugs and snails. Earwigs are beneficial insects to have in the garden because they are pest predators.
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There are several possibilities for the damage you see, most likely either snails, slugs, earwigs or birds. Soil and plant moisture levels from all the rain we've had right now favor the likelihood of snail, slug or earwig. These pests are night feeders.
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Essentially when bugs are eating hostas, slugs or snails are usually to blame. These nighttime foragers are probably considered the most common of hosta pests, eating small holes in the leaves. ... Their larvae also pose a problem by feeding on the crown and roots of hosta plants, resulting in yellow, wilted foliage.
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The bulbs are the most toxic part but any part of the plant can be harmful to your cat, so all tulips should be kept well away. They contain allergenic lactones which, if swallowed, can lead to vomiting, diarrhoea and depression.
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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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The raspberry sawfly and fruitworm are common pests that attack the leaves of red raspberry plants. These common raspberry pests can cause heavy damage to the leaves of your plant, resulting in a weaker plant that produces less fruit.
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Scales, aphids and thrips feed on the cell content of plants causing wilted and discolored leaves that may die and fall off the tree prematurely. Most of these pests can be controlled by introducing predatory insects near the magnolia to feed on the pests.
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Aphids are common insects that damage zinnias when they puncture the leaves and stem to feed on the sap, or juice of the plant. Other pests, such as mites and scales, also damage zinnias by feeding on the sap.
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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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Leafminers, caterpillars and cutworms are the most common leaf-eating insects that feast on gerbera daisies. Leafminers appear as tiny flies that lay their eggs on plant foliage. ... 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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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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Caterpillars, Earwigs and Other Pests Caterpillars and earwigs cause similar damage to slugs and snails. They eat small, rounded holes in the begonia's leaves. ... Whiteflies, spider mites, thrips, fungus gnats, shore flies and mealybugs all bother begonias. You can control these pests with insecticidal soap.
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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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If Iris leaves are being eaten and look shredded like the blade of a saw - back to the central midrib, then you have an attack of Iris sawfly. 2. It is the caterpillar that does the damage in mid summer and this is about 1" long.