Could you please advice what could be eating my fuschia's leafs. And what I can do to stop and prevent it in the future?
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I have fuscia's in my front garden, and every leaf has had the edges eaten away.
- 29 Sep, 2009
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Could also be vine weevils.
29 Sep, 2009
isn't there something called a leaf cutter bee that eats scallop shapes out of the leaves?
29 Sep, 2009
Either you are lucky enough to have solitary bees living in your garden or you have the dreaded vine weevil.
Check the soil for white grubs with brown heads. Squash any that you find, then treat the soil with a vine weevil killer.
I hope that it turns out to be bees. Their leaf cutting tend to be more perfect semi circles than vine weevils. Really need to see the leaf to help any more.
Good luck and happy gardening
29 Sep, 2009
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