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Posted by doug_price SE Qld Aust (My Page) on

Wed, Jul 1, 09 at 22:38

Some bug is eating many of our plants. Although I have checked a few times at night, I have not seen the bug responsible. Here is a photo of the damage to my Eureka Lemon

http://i283.photobucket.com/albums/kk297/Oldbloke49/stuff/DSC01121sm.jpg

I've not seen mature lemon leaves to be eaten like this before.

Location is a NW suburb of Brisbane

Regards
Doug

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Posted by ymfoster Melb. Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Jul 11, 09 at 5:35

Hi Doug,

Do you get Possums there ?

Yvonne

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Posted by doug_price SE Qld Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 14, 09 at 2:50

Yes, lots. But I don't think it is a possum. In the picture the branch/twig was to weak to support a possum in my opinion. I have 3 leman tress in my yard and in 25 years at the same address, nothing has eaten leaves like this.

But .... could be!

Regards
Doug

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Posted by sweeney Brisbane Aust (My Page) on
Tue, Jul 21, 09 at 6:56

Doug,
Photo looks like a caterpillar grazing and that citrus moth larvae prefers Eureka's new leaves. Put a white cloth/paper underneath and look for droppings next day. It is not possum bad magic. Try a systemic (confidor) painted on the lower trunk but you check with QDPI Brisbane first because there maybe: 1 newer, 2 safer, 3 proven, 4 systemic insecticides, 5 withholding time from human sucking.

A systemic on my citrus at this time is superior because it hypodermically handles scale and leaf-miner sap suckers come 09 spring as well. It works in my frontyard without harm to the rainbow lorikeets, blue tongues and water-dragons etc. There is a fruit with-holding period for humans.

Reproducible commercial trials on confidor were accepted in S.Africa over a decade ago. Caution: remember Aristotle, "one (spinning) swallow does not make a summer" so check it out. Oil sprays are ecologically foul and indisciminate and knock off good and bad insects - any chemical misused is dangerous.
goodluck

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Posted by gardenlen s/e qld aust (My Page) on
Thu, Jul 23, 09 at 15:31

g'day doug,

a caterpillar will be easily found/seen also, they ususally aren't far away from their last grazing spot, i'd also suggest the possibility of grasshopper damage they are not so easily found.

len

Here is a link that might be useful: lens garden page

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