what is eating zinnia leaves?
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Aphids are common insects that damage zinnias when they puncture the leaves and stem to feed on the sap, or juice of the plant. Other pests, such as mites and scales, also damage zinnias by feeding on the sap.
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Thrips and Whiteflies Greenhouse thrips and ash whiteflies are tiny sucking insects that might gather on the undersides of avocado leaves to feed. Not all thrips are nasty -- black hunter and sixspotted thrips feed on mites.
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Caterpillars, earwigs, Fuller rose beetles, June beetles and snails all chew avocado leaves. However, what you have described to me sounds mostly like grasshoppers damage. They feed on the young avocado foliage, chewing irregular areas from the leaves.
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What is eating the leaves of my gooseberry bush? The leaves are being eaten by the larvae of the gooseberry sawfly. This is a very common pest on gooseberry bushes. ... A third generation of adults develop and their larvae overwinter in cocoons in the soil.
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Chewing insects of orchids usually prey on plants grown outdoors. These might be snails and slugs, whose chewing behavior leaves holes and chunks out of leaves. These pests are primarily nocturnal and you may need to wait until dark to find them. ... Caterpillars make Swiss cheese out of leaves and even eat buds.
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Rabbits, Voles, Woodchucks, Deer, Chipmunks, Squirrels. All eat leaves or fruits of plants in vegetable gardens. Symptoms include: Large parts of the plant are chewed off.
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What they eat: Vegetation, seeds, snails and insect larvae.
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A variety of insect pests, such as beet armyworms, tomato hornworms and cutworms, find pepper plants an irresistible snack. These pests lay their eggs on pepper plants, and both larvae and adults eat the foliage and fruit. Moderate damage stunts a plant's growth, and serious injury can kill it.
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Nectar-rich zinnias are wonderful pollinators and will attract bees during their growing season, from May until October. They also attract ladybugs, Japanese Beetles, hummingbirds and wasps. ... Zinnias are a great addition to any flower bed for gardeners looking for a low maintenance flower.
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Jade Plants (Crassula) are rubbery plants that are famously hard to kill. Unfortunately, Jade leaves can be irritating to cats and dogs if consumed.
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Caterpillars and earwigs cause similar damage to slugs and snails. They eat small, rounded holes in the begonia's leaves. ... Whiteflies, spider mites, thrips, fungus gnats, shore flies and mealybugs all bother begonias. You can control these pests with insecticidal soap.
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Slugs and snails like areas that are moist and shady and eat irregular-shaped holes in the leaf (but not along the edges). To see of snails and slugs are your plant-eating culprits, come out at night with a flashlight and look under leaves. ... Cucumber beetles will leave tiny transparent circles on plant leaves.
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Some plants that can be extremely irritating when ingested include the rubber tree (Ficus elastica), the ZZ plant (Zamioculcas zamiifolia), and the Dieffenbachia. I like to think of toxicity as a spectrum, from mild irritate to poisonous.
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Aphids are a family of small insects with soft bodies and sucking mouthparts. Large groups of aphids often appear on kale plants, causing a fuzzy or spotted appearance. The bugs themselves suck the juices out of the plant, which can lead to discolored leaves. ... These beneficial insects eat up aphids in great numbers.
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Slow and Slimy Pests Slugs and snails are members of the mollusk family that eat pansies blossoms and buds. These nocturnal pests can leave large holes in the leaves and flowers of a pansy. Finding silvery mucus trails around the pansies will confirm that slugs and snails are feeding on the flowers.
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Caterpillars. ... Lantana is no stranger to caterpillars and foliage miner larvae and both pests will cause varying degrees of leaf damage. Foliage-feeding caterpillars munch on the lantana's foliage, chewing holes through the leaves. In extreme infestations, foliage-feeding caterpillars can defoliate entire plants.
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Tomato hornworms, leaf cutters and beetles will attack pepper plants and will eat holes in the foliage, as will many species of moth or butterfly larvae, slugs or snails but you should be able to find them on the leaves or stems.