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I have just found loads of grey/white caterpillars with a black head devouring my Solomon's Seal. Please can you tell me what they are?
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Barbara Taylor




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It's a type of Sawfly (specific to Solomon's Seal). Their larvae can severely damage foliage. Hand pick them off if not too big a clump or too many of them. You may have to spray with an insecticide if not.

27 Jun, 2010

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