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What’s eating my Victorias?

KirstyB2KirstyB2 Posts: 47
in Fruit & veg
Can you tell me what’s eating my plums? This carapace/shell is left on the outside of the plum though there’s nothing left in it.

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  • KirstyB2KirstyB2 Posts: 47
    Though on cutting through, maybe it’s just on the surface. Still intrigued. 
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Wasp damage.
  • KirstyB2KirstyB2 Posts: 47
    Thanks fidgetbones - do wasps leave their outer shells? That’s what’s confusing me. It’s like a exo-skeleton fixed to the plum skin. 
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    It looks like the larval skin of a ladybird, but never seen one on a plum!
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • bcpathomebcpathome Posts: 1,313
    We found it on our plums every year when I was a girl many years ago . My mother said it was plum skin all chewed up and rolled up by a wasp/ bee/ critter ,because they only suck the juice and don’t eat the skin .
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    Plum moth damage. This year we thankfully had no problems.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Plum moths larvae leave a lot of black frass around the stone, and if you get to it before the larve has left, pink wigglers.
  • KirstyB2KirstyB2 Posts: 47
    I think I maybe have a combination of visitors there: the puzzling ones do look like they might be ladybird skins, while some have the frass or general yuk that suggest plum moths. I think I need to get a magnifying glass out. 
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