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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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Overnight the four kale plants out on the porch were attacked. These sets were perfect yesterday afternoon when I watered them!
![]() ![]() These are the worms I picked off the plant after carefully inspecting each leaf: ![]() They need to get in the ground along with the rest of the brassicas but it's been too hot and dry. Hopefully there's some rain possible for Sunday and Monday. If we get a good soaking Sunday, I will do some planting Monday. But I'll believe it when I see it! |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: Near Philadelphia, PA
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Those are Dogwood Sawfly larvae. They can do a lot of damage quickly, as you found out!
https://bugguide.net/node/view/68065/bgimage |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
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How do you kill them?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Plantation, Florida zone 10
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Den of Drunken Fools
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I just read that sawflies kinfolks go back 250 million years.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2014
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While sawfly larvae do a lot of damage, they are quite visible and don't disperse until they defoliate where they started.
Now that you have identified what they are, like many agricultural pests, they can be knocked into a container of soapy water to halt the damage. On a small scale, that is a simple and very effective approach. |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
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Some sawfly larvae run around in a big wad to make themselves look larger than they really are.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...llars_2012.JPG |
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: S. FLorida / Zone 10
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I don’t think dogwood sawfly is a pest of brassicas, at least I have never read that it is.
Kale=brassica Cross-striped cabbage worm https://bugguide.net/node/view/11183/bgimage http://extension.uga.edu/content/dam...stripedcab.pdf http://extension.uga.edu/programs-se...ole-crops.html I grow a lot of kale-luckily have avoided that voracious muncher.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b
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I have since cut off the damaged leaves, fertilized and brought them back inside under the lights until they recover. |
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