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Insect ID please?

OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited June 2019
    Large rose sawfly 

    https://www.naturespot.org.uk/species/large-rose-sawfly


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
    Oh lord...and I’ve just now seen this 🙁


  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Maybe prune that stem?

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
    What a shame, that stem was creating some large buds. I’ve seen these sawfly everywhere, I hope my roses can cope.  They are all newly planted last Autumn so not well established. 
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    If they're flower buds, I'd wait until after the flowers have died.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • OmoriOmori Posts: 1,674
    I cleared the eggs out of that stem and will see if it will still flower with the damage.  Hopefully the birds will lend a helping hand 🤞
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