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Name search.
Use the search box on the left if you know the name of the pest you are looking for. The first result will load into the panel below and any other matches are listed in the right-hand panel. Only common names loaded at present.
Symptom search.
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If you have a sick plant with no obvious cause present, use the search box on the right entering one or two words describing the problem. Simple phrases like 'leaves eaten' or single keywords like 'yellow' work best. As with the name search, matches are listed in the right column and displayed in the panel below.
Search Results.
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Leafcutter Bee
- Pest type - Insect
- Infects - Foliage,
- Host plants- Rose, Leycesteria, Amalanchier, Other,
- Symptoms- Holes in leaf edge:
Leaves of selected plants will suddenly aquire large but neat holes cut in the margins with no apparent cause evident. The culprit is one of several different species of leaf cutter bees that cut away neat pieces of foliage to line a tunnel and make cells for the young. The reason you never see the bee in action is because the bee flies in, selects a suitable leaf, cuts the piece to measure, rolls it up and flies away in about 6 seconds.
Unless the damage is severe, it is probably best if just lived with as no significant harm is done. Plants most often affected are Roses, Amalanchier and Leycesteria, but many others are likely to be chosen if available.