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Sage Leaves being decimated
dickconman
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Hi these are decimating my sage plant, any idea how to cure this ?
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You can pick them off, remove all leaf litter beneath the plant where they may hide, and/or spray. I wouldn't spray if you intend to eat the leaves.
Well from the colour, it is not Rosemary beetle which is a major pest of Sage, Rosemary etc.
OK thanks for the help, Will cold weather kill them off do you think ?
No, they just hibernate in the leaf litter and come out in Spring.
Can you get a clearer image of the pest? Cannot really see the colour and shape of it from that image.
This shows it better
In that case it really does look like Rosemary beetle. Check it out.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=555