Tuesday, January 10, 2012

New Growth

My Eucalyptus leucoxylon, the only one of my eucalypts to survive the water-logged soil, has started growing again. That's a relief, but it hasn't taken long for the insect world to find the new growth:
Probably sawfly larvae, species unidentified.
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3 comments:

  1. Chiara ZJanuary 10, 2012 at 8:34 PM

    Oh--that looks painful.

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  2. kaiteMJanuary 10, 2012 at 8:37 PM

    yep sawfly larvae, but only young ones far i think.
    In the words of the Good Doctor "ExterminateExterminateExterminate"!! If you don't do it no one else will, the birds leave them alone as they spit. I got most of mine last year.

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  3. kaiteMJanuary 10, 2012 at 8:38 PM

    missed one word in the first row - should read "so far i think".

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