So this morning i was outside looking at one of my
azaleas. I noticed a rust like illness across many of
the leaves. Upon closer examinition i noticed many
leaves were shriveling a little bit as if sunburnt but
it was obviously either a fungus or a but. So i
looked further. I noticed many of the leaves were
rolled and the sides were sealed with a "alien" type
goo. So i cut one open. To my suprise there were
many charcoal colored grayish/black tiny eggs in it.
And a little semi transparent yellow caterpiller/worm.
He was hard at work doing something. So i cut open a
few more same thing...... I spent about an hour till
i had to go to work cutting off the rolled up leaves,
and stomping on them. Then i had to go to work so im
sure i missed a few there were 50 or more that i cut
off so far. All filled with one yellow semi
transparent worm and a blackish gray loose mass of
tiny eggs. I then sprayed the tree with malathion
both under the leaves and on top and i hit the soil
with it. Does anyone have any idea what this bug is?
I picked it up at a garden center in boston and
noticed nothing wrong with it 3 days ago. In 3 days
these bugs have withered or killed about half of the
leaves.....


Ben

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