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What is this?

PinkypooPinkypoo Posts: 32
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Does anyone have any idea what this is on my rose? It had to of them on there yesterday. Also have a greenfly problem and wondered if they are related? Any tips on dealing with greenfly? 

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,887

    I took one of those to Chelsea once , about a million years ago, and showed it to the great Pippa Greenwood, neither of us knew what it was. They scrape a groove in the roses and lay eggs in there. It didn't seem to harm the plant and just left a bit of a scar .

    Devon.
  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Looks like it might be a Capsid bug.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Magical MeerkatMagical Meerkat Posts: 311

    I think it is a rose sawfly, if you search in google you can see some similar images. I found think link on the RHS. http://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=196

     

     

  • PinkypooPinkypoo Posts: 32

    Thank you all, I seem to have managed to get rid of them for now! Horrible little things!!

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