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Pest on Fern

GrannyFranGrannyFran Posts: 27
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Can anyone advise what is decimating my ferns and how I get rid of it naturally if possible. It's a powdery brown substance with a maggot inside it.  Many thanks in advance.

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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I don't think that's a pest. It's producing spores. They're like seeds for ferns.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • GrannyFranGrannyFran Posts: 27
    Not the round dots B3 but the large brown powdery blobs.  We managed to hose quite a bit of it off yesterday but it eventually strips the fern which it did last year.
  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    @Papi Jo knows a lot about ferns. Maybe he can help.
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    I don't know what it is, but wasn't there a similar post a few days ago? I think a member came up with the name of the beast......
  • GrannyFranGrannyFran Posts: 27
    Thanks Woodgreen I'll have a look
  • WoodgreenWoodgreen Posts: 1,273
    @GrannyFran
    The post appeared on 7 July 
    'Strange grubs on fern --anyone know what they are?'

    Sorry I don't know how to do links!
    Apparently it's a moth problem.
  • GrannyFranGrannyFran Posts: 27
    Oh. I'll have a look at that.  Thank you.
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