Thread: Bay Tree -Insect friendly?
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Old 18-03-2007, 06:38 PM
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Re: Bay Tree -Insect friendly?
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Originally Posted by Kayleigh View Post
Probably the moth that curls the leaves and eats them on mine. It also turns the leaf black and shrivelled up. I know this moth is a pest in the garden but its food for other creatures and birds.
The one I get seems to scrape off patches of the underside of the leaf. Looks a bit like a leaf-mine from above but I think bay doesn't have any miners in this country.
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