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What's chewing my Choisyas?
I was very pleased earlier this year that my Choisya (Mock Orange) plants flowered for the first time - four years after planting them.
However... something beastly is giving them a merciless chomping. The new shoots are being badly gnawed.
Does anyone know what is likely to be doing it? I don't ~think~ it's slugs or snails, as there are no obvious slime trails, though maybe the shiny leaves don't show it.
However... something beastly is giving them a merciless chomping. The new shoots are being badly gnawed.
Does anyone know what is likely to be doing it? I don't ~think~ it's slugs or snails, as there are no obvious slime trails, though maybe the shiny leaves don't show it.
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Spider Mites?
Not in this case - they are being chomped, not nibbled!
I suspect a caterpillar of some sort, but have been out with a torch a couple of times and all I can see are woodlice - which is odd. It's unusual to see woodlice up that high, and I thought they only ate dead wood, but they must be up there for a reason...0
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