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Old 10-04-2017, 09:10 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Tiny spiders and ants invade my fruit trees...

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Al_n wrote:
On Friday, April 7, 2017 at 5:01:45 PM UTC+1, Nick Maclaren wrote:

Many thanks, Nick,
The 2mm spiders may be unrelated to the much tinier spiders (probably
spider mites) nesting in the curled up leaves. Those appear later in the
season, after the leaves are full size. So thanks for confirming
spider-mites. I never see caterpillars in the trees, so unless they are
nocturnal caterpillars, something else must be eating the big holes in
the leaves. It was just worrying me a bit and is a bit of an eyesore
marring an otherwise beautiful tree. Thanks for enlightening me.


No problem. Look up leaf cutter bees, but there are other things
that make holes, too.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.