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| I noticed that the leaves on my snowball bush were getting brown and dying.
When I checked, I noticed that a lot of the new leaves were curled up. I opened one of the leaves and there were small white 'eggs' inside. Some leaves had tiny white insects. What is this? Do you think it is aphids? Should I cut out all the diseased leaves? (there are a lot of them) How can I prevent this from happening again? Thank you. ~Geraldine |
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| Viburnum beetle would be the most likely candidate....your location and a photo would help confirm. |
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- Posted by gardengal48 PNW zone 8 (My Page) on Thu, Jul 5, 12 at 20:04
| White eggs and tiny white insects doesn't exactly sound like Viburnum leaf beetle, nor does the curling of foliage around the eggs/larvae. Not aphids either, as they don't curl leaves around themselves and you likely would never see the eggs unless you know what you were looking for. Can you post photos? FWIW, with the exception of something like viburnum leaf beetle, most insects that feed on plants do only minimal damage. Far more of a cosmetic concern than anything else. There is nothing you should do until the problem is properly identified. If it is an insect problem - as the eggs, little insects and curling leaves would suggest - then it can't be a disease problem. And if an insect problem, nothing really you can do to prevent it happening again. Bugs happen - it's a gardening fact of life and usually not (but not always) a big deal :-) |
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| I am wondering if they are some kind of mite. They seem to have that kind of body. They look something like those in this pic except they are white. /What is this?> I have included one pic that shows the white insects on the leaf. It's hard to see them but it's the best I could get without getting a fuzzy pic. ~Geraldine |
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