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little green caterpillars? or are they leafrollers?
Thanks for all the responses! I =think= I have IDed them as some kind
of leafrollers. They're like little green caterpillars or inch worms, a little longer than a grain of rice, and they roll themselves into the new leaves with some kind of silk/web. Both of the little oaks are heavily infested now, and the first one has only a few whole leaves left; the leafrollers have also found the roses. I think I'm going to have to try the BT. Oh well, at least I don't have leaf-cutter ants like my mother-in-law down in the Valley! |
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little green caterpillars? or are they leafrollers?
"ratSenoL" wrote in message om... | Thanks for all the responses! I =think= I have IDed them as some kind | of leafrollers. They're like little green caterpillars or inch worms, | a little longer than a grain of rice, and they roll themselves into | the new leaves with some kind of silk/web. [snip] That's your i.d. They do behave like tiny inchworms, but they usually do attract birds, which seem to regard them as a real treat. |
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little green caterpillars? or are they leafrollers?
If they (the leaves) are tied up with a silk/web material, then they might
be the "rose grubs" that are the larvae of the Tantrix Moth. The description is the same as what you are seeing. They will eat their way out of the leaf and can destroy a few surrounding leaves before they're through. I just pick the leaves & destroy the worm/grub/larvae. |
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little green caterpillars? or are they leafrollers?
Thanks for all the responses! I =think= I have IDed them as some kind
of leafrollers. They're like little green caterpillars or inch worms, a little longer than a grain of rice, and they roll themselves into the new leaves with some kind of silk/web. Both of the little oaks are heavily infested now, and the first one has only a few whole leaves left; the leafrollers have also found the roses. I think I'm going to have to try the BT. Oh well, at least I don't have leaf-cutter ants like my mother-in-law down in the Valley! |
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