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Teensy Tiny Worms!

21 years ago

I have a navel orange (forget the name) that did well for a couple of years after I got it....then the butterflies found it. The caterpillers ate all the new growth. Next year, freeze got it. The last year and this year, lots of new growth, but there are some tiny little worms that seem to burrow into the new growth leaves and eat away. The leaf, of course, curls up. What are these things and what can I do??

Frog

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mrtexas
21 years ago
leaf miners

Here is a link that might be useful: leaf miners
Logfrog
Original Author
21 years ago
Thanks!! Now all I have to do is figure out what I want to do with the tree. I'm really not into spraying. I think I'll see if it blooms again. If it doesn't....well, I'll cross that bridge when I come to it.
thanks again
Frog
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birdsnblooms
21 years ago
Frog, like you I do not like spraying chemials on my plants.
www.gardensalive.com sells safe, organic insecticides though..I'd check out their site..I buy sticky traps from them, but this won't help with leaf miners..Toni

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