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Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Insects etc. Jun 28, 2012 7:45:20 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Jun 28, 2012 7:45:20 GMT I hope you got it down and stamped on it. Uugh! However, I still admire your photography Sue.

esther Top Member Posts: 2,677	Insects etc. Jun 29, 2012 5:21:46 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by esther on Jun 29, 2012 5:21:46 GMT Brilliant photos Sue That reminds me - I must go and see if I have caught the little blighter who is munching away on my Aubergine leaves
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Geranium Top Member Posts: 13,081	Insects etc. Jun 29, 2012 5:41:47 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Geranium on Jun 29, 2012 5:41:47 GMT They really are great photos! My camera isn't up to doing that. What do you think is eating your Aubergine leaves, Esther? Slimy 'friends' I suppose.

lesley Top Member Posts: 9,377	Insects etc. Jun 29, 2012 7:25:30 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by lesley on Jun 29, 2012 7:25:30 GMT We've been plagued by ants and woodlice this year they've even been eating the strawberries now I see something has been eating the raspberry leaves any suggestions what this might be, the leaves are like holey lace.
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SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,914	Insects etc. Jun 29, 2012 14:28:58 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Jun 29, 2012 14:28:58 GMT Sounds like raspberry sawfly larvae Lesley, look under the leaves & squash any little green caterpillars, shouldn't do any harm unless they strip the entire foliage though.

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Insects etc. Jun 29, 2012 15:11:52 GMT

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Jun 29, 2012 14:28:58 GMT SueA said:

Sounds like raspberry sawfly larvae Lesley, look under the leaves & squash any little green caterpillars, shouldn't do any harm unless they strip the entire foliage though.

Thanks Sue shall have a look later

The lady from the sussex coast.

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,914	Insects etc. Jul 5, 2012 19:52:53 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Jul 5, 2012 19:52:53 GMT Esther, our leafcutter bee must have been around, I just noticed the leaves on the Harlow Carr rose! ;D

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,747	Insects etc. Jul 6, 2012 3:54:01 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jul 6, 2012 3:54:01 GMT ;D a busy bee then

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Insects etc. Jul 6, 2012 8:34:31 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Jul 6, 2012 8:34:31 GMT They are very neat edges on the rose Sue. You have a garden which is full of wildlife.

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,914	Insects etc. Jul 15, 2012 14:19:17 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Jul 15, 2012 14:19:17 GMT One of the leafcutter bees was having a rest outside on the windowledge today holding on to it's little leaf roll, I think it was eyeing up the kitchen for somewhere to nest! ;D

grindle Top Member Tamar Valley Posts: 19,747	Insects etc. Jul 16, 2012 4:20:25 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by grindle on Jul 16, 2012 4:20:25 GMT good job the window was closed then ;D good photo, I've never been lucky enough to see them with their 'spoils'

Cherry Global Moderator Posts: 17,970	Insects etc. Jul 16, 2012 6:06:27 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Cherry on Jul 16, 2012 6:06:27 GMT Jul 16, 2012 4:20:25 GMT grindle said: good job the window was closed then ;D good photo, I've never been lucky enough to see them with their 'spoils' Sue your photos just get better if that is possible. Prizewinning pic.

SueA Global Moderator Posts: 17,914	Insects etc. Jul 16, 2012 9:54:38 GMT Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by SueA on Jul 16, 2012 9:54:38 GMT Thanks.It was a bit breezy at the time so I think it was probably struggling & having a rest, there are lots of holes in the rose leaves so it must have been busy!

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Insects etc. Jul 17, 2012 16:08:16 GMT

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Meant to put this on last week, I've never seen this before! I've seen little caterpillars coming down from trees on a thread but never slugs! It was very damp & I went down the garden to top up the bird food & noticed a small slug hanging on a slime thread from the grapevine, then another from the clematis arch & a couple more from the conifer! I've always thought they abseil down onto plants from ones overhanging but not witnessed it, makes a mockery of surrounding your plants with copper/slug pellets/grit etc.! ;D

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Insects etc. Jul 17, 2012 16:35:52 GMT

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They are getting even more revolting the more I see them. You are breeding very peculiar slugs Sue and just as well you have a piccy so that I have to believe you. These are the ones that are all over the grass beside the driveway. They were every 9 ins and now they are more than a foot apart. Uugh!

Brilliant wildlife photography again Sue.

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