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What's eating my Butterfly Bush
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Posted by trillium15 z6a Ontario (My Page) on Fri, Jun 30, 06 at 8:02
| Hi. Hoping someone can help me. I've got a 2 yr old butterfly bush. Last year it had about 5 blooms. This year the blooms are starting...only 2 I'm afraid...but something is eating it. It has made holes within the leaves making them look like lace. Is it caterpillar larvae or do I have a detrimental bug on my hands? Any ideas and suggestions to stop it from continuing if it's not beneficial for butterflies? |
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RE: What's eating my Butterfly Bush
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| Anything that would stop, "bugs" eating your shrub would be detrimental to the butterfly larva. Are you sure it's not butterfly caterpillers. A search in the evening with a flashlight might turn up slugs or snails, (hand picking is involved) Enjoy Rai |
RE: What's eating my Butterfly Bush
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| A lot of times if you have holes in the leaves and can't see any bugs it is earwigs. They feed at night. Insectigone (diatomatious earth) sprinkled around the bottom of the plant will help control them and shouldn't harm the butterflies or their larva |
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