What's eating my roses? Endelomyia aethiops?
I have many roses, and all are being eaten by these tiny little larva, hope you can see it on the leaf close-up. Is it a sawfly? Endelomyia aethiops? I googled all over and didn't find a lot of info on it, so hoping someone here can help. I sprayed all bushes yesterday with dishwash soap and water, but the larva are still here this morning. My wild roses are affected the worst. I am trying the BBC garden clinic message board as well, see if anyone there replies. Here's a pic of my Celestial alba:
posted by Silvia Hoefnagels . Salix Tree @ 8:38 am
1 Comments:
Poor Celestial alba! Yes, those are rose slugs, the larvae of sawfly wasps. They usually feed at night only on the leaves and ignore the buds and flowers. I know you're supposed to spray an insecticide on the undersides of the leaves but I always find instructions like that tough to follow. There are so MANY undersides of the leaves; it's a hit and miss job at best. Good luck!
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