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Rose Saw Fly? 😱😱😱

FireFire Posts: 19,096
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  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    Yep, `fraid so - sympathies. Horrid little b*****s.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096

    😫

  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Cut off the leaves with critters attached and throw it on the ground. Something will eat them
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    I'm too frightened that they might survive - I squish them!
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Pick them off, the birds will eat them if you put them on the feeder.
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I've double bagged the leaves in the rubbish bin.  :D 
    I've not seen them before in the garden. I do not want to start hosting them now.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I do the cut leaf thing because  don't want to touch them😒
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • floraliesfloralies Posts: 2,718
    Don't let them go on the ground, they will stay in the soil and pupate over winter ready for next year. Be brave @B3 and put a glove on and take them off   :)
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    I can completely understand the double bagging and the cut leaf/avoiding touching! They are revolting. Important not to let them get into the ground to pupate...

    Also watch out for the adult females - bright yellow flies that attach to the stems and excavate a burrow to lay their eggs - I've picked off a lot at this stage as well.

    Sorry, I know more about rose saw fly than I ever knew I needed!
  • PianoplayerPianoplayer Posts: 624
    @floralies Snap!
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