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Last nights catch,Christmas beetles which have been eating the gum tree leaves.The trees are growing back nicely after they were cut down to about 10ft, because they were dying from the top down, but were sending out new growth from below.Now these beetles are eating the leaves & all the plants growing underneath will suffer from the heat.Its 41 C this afternoon.
Also the have crab like pincers on their front legs. When they fall to the ground they hide in the leaf litter making it hard to catch them .
Photo 2 shows a beetle amongst the leaves .Photos 3& 4 shows the damage to the leaves
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Don't you just love the heat we're having today! Where I am in Western Sydney we don't see the beetles as much as we use to. Sure didn't know they did that sort of damage.. Marian
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My grandmother had them in her paperbark trees but they didn't chew up the leaves.Maybe they are fussy like the koalas.
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You have my sympathy. I hope you manage to save your trees. We have had to cut down almost all of our pine trees thanks to unwelcome pine bark beetles.
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What a shame to lose nearly all your pine trees.
The solution to this problem is easy & requires not much work.Shine a bright light into the trees after dark ,which is near a container of water that has turps or kero in it.The beetles are attracted to the light & fall into the water & drown.Next day scoop the bodies out & bin them.Repeat the process again reusing the water
The solution to this problem is easy & requires not much work.Shine a bright light into the trees after dark ,which is near a container of water that has turps or kero in it.The beetles are attracted to the light & fall into the water & drown.Next day scoop the bodies out & bin them.Repeat the process again reusing the water
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here i spray with dish soap in water always kills them :):)
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Our water pressure is poor & the tank water is even worse,it wouldn't reach up to the top.
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Do you think I could try this method under my orange tree, they have tiny fruit and some sort of big beetle on the bush.. It is a navel orange to. I really want to get fruit next year off this tree as this year was the first year had no fruit. It is usually the best fruit on the place.
I don't use poisons on trees.
Glad you posted this info....hope all goes well for your tree now..
I don't use poisons on trees.
Glad you posted this info....hope all goes well for your tree now..
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