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What’s eating my magnolia

Kaline538Kaline538 Posts: 25
in Problem solving

Hello again 
I’ve got myself a small magnolia in a pot with slate around it but something  is eating it
iv put slug stuf down and copper tap and im on night watch tonight to see if I can spy who’s eating it, now I don’t mind feeding but I’m not gonna have a tree left soon😂

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  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Photo?
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Kaline538Kaline538 Posts: 25
    There are 4 there but 3 dying very quick out of soil,,,, not sure what that are , not worms ,there were many more and very fast,, what are they ,,,that are very hungry 😂
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Never seen anything like it but maybe @Dovefromabove or @nutcutlet or @Borderline could help. 
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • Kitty 2Kitty 2 Posts: 5,150
    Looks like a little baby millepede.
  • Kaline538Kaline538 Posts: 25

  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    Whenever I've seen that type of damage on magnolias it was from caterpillars or snails.  I don't think the young millipede is the culprit - those eat dead leaves etc. There are some photos of adults here
    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Kaline538Kaline538 Posts: 25
    Thank you bob,,, so how do I get rid os hungry caterpillars😂
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