what is eating the leaves on my tree?
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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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Caterpillars are a potential problem on angel's trumpet tree, according to Missouri Botanical Garden. Caterpillars such as the hornworm and cabbageworm chew on the leaves, leaving them torn and ragged.
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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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The caterpillars of a number of moth species will eat the leaves of apple trees. Distorted young leaves full of small holes may have been damaged by capsid bugs.
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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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Wisteria Pests A variety of pests nibble at wisteria leaves, but only the wisteria borer has been observed giving established plants any real problems. These tiny beetles cut perfectly round holes into the woody parts of the vine, where they may spend a significant portion of their lives.
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Scale, mealy bug, red spider mite, aphids and caterpillars all do like citrus trees but the trick is to catch them early. Round brown circles, white sticky fluff, webbing, holes in the leaves or stickiness are all signs of pest attack and should be treated as soon as possible.
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There are few bugs that eat bay leaves, in part because of their intense foliar oil. ... 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.
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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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A mysterious disease that is killing beech trees is spreading across parts of the United States. Scientists say the disease, known as Beech Leaf Disease, has been recorded in Ohio and Pennsylvania, and parts of Ontario in Canada. They say the cause of the tree killer needs to be identified in order to halt the spread.
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The physical damage to your leaves could be caused by chewing insects, such as caterpillars or slugs, or mammals, such as chipmunks, groundhogs, voles, rabbits, or deer. It could also be a combination of insect and mammal feeding damage.
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Leaves Are Chewed, Even Skeletonized by Japanese Beetles Beetles emerge from the soil or lawn at the end of June or early July and proceed to eat butterfly bush leaves and/or flowers. They make holes on the edges and in the middle of the leaves, leaving only the veins in some cases.
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The lily leaf beetle larvae, or grubs, cause the most damage. Hundreds of larvae may hatch at one time, and they begin eating immediately. Though the leaves are their preferred food, they will also devour buds, flowers and stems. Most feeding takes place under the leaves or at leaf nodes along the stem.
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Small animals and arthropods such as mites, springtails, nematodes, woodlice or pillbugs, and millipede feed on the dead leaves. They are detrivores, meaning they feed on dead material. Earthworms are perhaps one of the better known of these; they eat the leaves and break them down into tiny pieces.
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The Olive Lace Bug Froggattia olivinia is a damaging pest of olive trees. The severe leaf damage the bugs inflict can cause loss of vigour, yellowing of leaves, leaf fall and reduce fruit yield for the next 1 or 2 years. ... Eggs that have overwintered on the tree usually begin to hatch out in spring or late winter.
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2) If you've noticed leaves that look like they've been chewed on or caterpillar-like insects on your river birch; these are most likely larvae of the Dusky Birch Sawfly. These 1 inch long, yellow-green bodied, black headed larvae, feed in groups along the leaf margins, eating their way to the center vein.
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My Crape Myrtle trees have white spots on the trunk and branches. ... This is an infestation of Crape Myrtle Bark Scale. One of the first signs of this insect is black sooty mold on the bark. Bark and leaves may feel sticky to the touch as a byproduct of where the scale is feeding.