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SquigsSquigs Posts: 5
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Hope someone can help with this. I noticed today that my new Laurel Hedge (planted in April) is covered in some sort of insect. Does anyone recognise it and if so will it damage the plant. Thanks so much 
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  • AnniDAnniD Posts: 12,585
    Hello, welcome to the forum  :)
    They may be vine weevil,  but l'm not 100% certain . We do have some vine weevil experts on here who should be able to confirm one way or the other.
    PS You may want to change your thread title to something like "Can anyone identify ?" 
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    I think it needs a better photo with a close-up of the beasties.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
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  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Having hunted vine weevil the last few months they dont look like any I've found but there are lots of different ones. They usually eat notches around the leaf edges.
    Photo a bit blurred but do they have wings?
  • SquigsSquigs Posts: 5
    thanks for the replies. Here’s a few close ups which might help
  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Not an insect specialist but they might be a variety of sawfly. 
  • SquigsSquigs Posts: 5
    Can anyone tell me how to edit the thread title? I’m new to this game🥴
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Are they just black flying ants, some have their antenna close together? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • K67K67 Posts: 2,506
    Dont know how you edit title but people are looking.
    Could try a new discussion and post under wildlife category though.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Just do a new thread @mcgurganshirley - with a title like 'can you ID this insect?' or similar. That's the best way.
    Don't worry about what category you put it in - no one ever looks at that. We mainly look at recent posts/discussions  :)

    However @wild edges or @Alan Clark2 in Liverpool might know what it is

    I wouldn't worry too much about the laurel though - it's fairly indestructible, and rarely succumbs to pests and diseases. Shot hole is the worst one [a fungal disease]  and that's not what you have there  :)
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Bibionid fly of some kind by the looks of it. Same family as the St Mark's fly.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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