Help! Grubs eating zucchini from the inside!
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Comments (6)There are a number of borers which can attack roses. Any chance of your posting photos of the grubs? It might make diagnosing which borer you have. Here, we have to contend with Pacific Flat Head Apple Borers. They can attack pretty much anything woody. Nasty critters! Kim Here is a link that might be useful: Pacific Flat Head Apple Borers...See MoreSomething's eating plants INSIDE jugs
Comments (5)I just discovered today that I also have something *inside* my jugs. But it's something that is *digging up* the seedlings! So it can't be a bug, right?! I can't figure it out. It looks exactly like the damage those @#$%!! squirrels did over the last two days to all my potted perennials which I just pulled out of the garage, but there's no way squirrels could fit in the jugs! Very strange... BTW, the jugs with the damage have the necks cut off for widened openings. I cut my tops back gradually in this fashion. But they're still not big enough for a squirrel. Mice, maybe...? Sorry I can't be of help, but I certainly do commiserate with you! :) Dee...See MoreGrubs eating plants
Comments (5)My roses did very well for a few months after I planted them this past spring. They slowly declined almost to death by July. Just yesterday, I realized one was not going to make it so I pulled it out. While turning the soil in the hole there were at least 20 grubs!! Now of course, I'm wondering if that was the reason they were doing so poorly. I am from Long Island and never had a problem growing anything and had beautiful roses, so I am new to growing anything in Az.I have used DE in my garden for ants, but I am wondering if I should add DE to the soil now, as I was planning on putting new rose bushes in the same holes before I found the grubs. Any solutions or advice will be welcomed. Thanks...See MoreNasty grub eating my Oleander from the inside! Help me!
Comments (3)It is a stem borer of some kind. Can't really help you any more than that as this is not a typical problem in the States. The only thing you can do to 'get rid of them' is to cut your plant stems below where the borers are and discard. This should be done before the adult insect emerges to start a brand new generation. I can't tell from the image if your borer is the larvae of a beetle or a moth. The good thing about Oleanders is that they respond quite nicely to severe pruning....See Morelam13
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