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Camellia pest

stephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQstephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQ Posts: 42
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Hi, can anyone tell me what this is in my camellia bud please? The edges are a little brown on a few of the buds. Is this the cause or is that something else? Thanks in advance!


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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    I'd like to know too because they ate my iris flowers last year😡
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • stephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQstephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQ Posts: 42
    I thought it was a caterpillar, but would they hang out in camellia buds?
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited 13 March
    Can I see a big fat slug?

    Frost would do the browning.  As for leaf damage, a small insect bite in the leaf's youth 
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
  • stephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQstephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQ Posts: 42
    I’m not sure if it’s a slug, it’s more caterpillar-like. Good to know about the frost. Quite a few of them seem to have this, is there anything I can do to help it or has the damage been done?
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    Does it have legs? Caterpillars do, slugs don't.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
  • stephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQstephaniedunn1988uwdF9NqQ Posts: 42
    I’ve just gone outside to disturb it a bit and it’s gone! Hopefully it doesn’t return with friends!
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