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What is eating my plants?

beckierees.brbeckierees.br Posts: 3
in Problem solving
Does anyone know what is eating my plants ? It seems to go for new and old leaves and waxy and normal leaves . I have tried using organic sprays etc like chilli spray and soapy water but nothing . I initially thought it was caterpillars but cannot see them or anything actually eat it .  Can anyone offer any advice 

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    The Pelargonium will be tiny little caterpillars probably, very thin, have a good look under leaves and on the stems. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • beckierees.brbeckierees.br Posts: 3
    @Lyn great thank you I will go and check them 
  • Joy*Joy* Posts: 571
    Looks like sawfly damage. The caterpillars are green and wriggle a lot. The fold the leaves over and spin a kind of web in which they hide and pupate. They'll eat anything.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,385
    The irregular notches made in some leaves are typical of adult vine weevil damage.  Those are mainly nocturnal feeders so if you go out at night with a torch, you may catch them 'at it'.  The main problem is that if adults are present, then there will also be larvae eating the roots, especially the roots of potted plants.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    I definitely spot vine weevil munch markings. Headtorch, after dark, something to knock em into (they will drop into the soil if they "see" you coming at them) and something to crunch them with. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes there’s quite a bit of adult vine weevil damage there. 

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





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