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Bugs eating rose bush... leaving behind a mess.
Comments (2)Supply them an itty bitty portapotty and some toilet paper along with a little sign to clean up their mess. I suspect it's some sort of caterpillar. They tend to leave caterpillar poop and never clean up after themselves. They're very difficult to housebreak....See MoreWho is eating the leaves on my roses?
Comments (14)It was me; I was hungry. Sorry. Astphard, if the caterpillars are bright green and prickly all over, they're Io moth caterpillars. Nasty creatures. I have the good fortune to live with at least 3 distinct species of stinging caterpillar: Io moth, Buckmoth, and a stubby little half-inch green and brown creature with most of its spines on either end of its body--looks like a horse saddle. I don't know the name of that one. Any of these caterpillars can totally defoliate branches in a few hours, and they seem to start at night where we're not watching. Grrr. I just lost over half the leaves on my new Ingrid bush 3 weeks ago. It's recoverying now. At least the damage is so obvious that it's a red flag to look for the caterpillars and destroy them. If the leaves are all gone but you see some stubs of leaf stems left with unevenly chewed outlines, its likely caterpillars. At least they can't run fast to get away, but they do hide well. Sometimes I wonder if they crawl down in the mulch at times to hide. Don't know for sure....See MoreBug eating rose bush, leaving behind a mess.
Comments (1)I expect that you are just overlooking the caterpillar....See MoreWhat is eating my rose bush? - not cutter bees.
Comments (5)Whatever it is, I think I have the same thing on one of my cherry trees. The leaves look eaten the same way. They leave the middle vein (and some side veins) alone on the leaf and just eat the green parts, and it's always on 1 branch. I'm guessing it's some sort of caterpillar. I was thinking of using BT but I haven't noticed any new destruction in a week. I just figured if it's not endangering the tree, I'd leave it alone....See MoreTNY78
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