what is eating my allium leaves?
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The Allium Leaf Miner is a small insect of the taxonomic family of leaf-mining flies. Leaf mining insects usually are very small in size, and the larvae cause the most considerable damage. They damage plants by tunnelling through the inner leaves, eating the internal tissue that stands in their way.
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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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Chewing insects of orchids usually prey on plants grown outdoors. These might be snails and slugs, whose chewing behavior leaves holes and chunks out of leaves. These pests are primarily nocturnal and you may need to wait until dark to find them. ... Caterpillars make Swiss cheese out of leaves and even eat buds.
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Plant species in the Allium genius — such as onions, chives, garlic and leeks — often make dogs and cats sick. ... While some pets may not show any symptoms after ingesting Allium foods, there have been cases of fatal poisonings.
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Looks like either spidermites or white flies, both are problematic for mints and other herbs. Check the undersides of the leaves to find the critters. You can use a gentle soap on a rag to gently wipe off the leaves and clean off the pests.
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Any sort of onion or garlic is toxic to dogs and cats, but Allium is beneficial for people to eat.
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If you see holes in your camellia leaves, the likely suspects are twofold: the black vine weevil, Otiorhynchus sulcatus, or the cranberry rootworm beetle, Rhabdopterus picipes. The adult beetles feed primarily at night while their larvae feed on the root system, making them difficult to identify and control.
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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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What you are seeing is the remnants of a walnut caterpillar infestation. These caterpillars are gregarious (stay together in large groups). They will eat leaves one one to three limbs of mature trees or may strip the foliage on young trees.
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Large holes in leaves. Armyworm, corn earworm, various beetles, and grasshoppers eat corn leaves and foliage. Handpick insects and destroy or place them in soapy water. ... Plant early corn varieties to avoid armyworms.
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A: That's the work of flea beetles, the bane of eggplants. Flea beetles are tiny black bugs that chew holes in leaves like someone peppered them with miniature buckshot. They'll attack mustard, radishes and sometimes cole crops, but eggplant is their favorite. At least it is in my garden.
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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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Leaf-chewing caterpillars, snails and slugs, along with sap-sucking aphids, whiteflies and spider mites are common iris pests. Damage from chewing insects is easy to recognize. Holes in the leaves or chewed leaf margins are telltale signs of caterpillars.
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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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Holes in Basil Leaves and Basil Pests The most frequent assaulters of your precious basil plant leaves are Japanese beetles, slugs and aphids.
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Examine houseplants carefully before bringing them indoors. A sharp water spray helps dislodge many potential pests, such as spider mites. Your peace lilies, however, likely harbor slugs, which chew substantial holes in foliage. Slugs hide in soil and leaf litter and come out at night to feed, leaving slime behind.
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Pests potentially responsible for bronze or whitish stippling on azalea foliage include lace bugs, thrips and spider mites. Each of these pests leaves scars where they feed on plant sap. Thrips feeding can also cause distortion of new growth. Thrips and lace bugs leave dark specks of fecal matter where they feed.