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pleased by the discovery of slugs, snails and leaf miners. One commenter suggested I take a closer look at leaf miners, which he described as "fascinating".Leaf miners literally 'mine' leaves, tunnelling through them and eating them from the inside, before

to feed. After 2-3 weeks, the larvae pupate inside the leaves and emerge as adults. The damage is mostly cosmetic but where many leaves are affected, the plant may be weakened or die. Different species of leaf miner fly affect specific plants.A maze

A grub, the larva of small flies and some moths, which tunnels into the leaves of plants. Damage to the leaves takes the form of a pattern of semi-transparent lines or pale, blistered patches.

chestnut leaf miner. The tiny caterpillars, only a few millimetres long, chew away the inside of the leaf, feeding between upper and lower surface, and leaving the pale air-filled void. Each leaf can have up to 50 mines in it. The moth, a massive 7 mm from

of leaf mines. I'm not an expert on mines, but it just didn't look right. I think I must never have seen these delicate angular leaves attacked so.My first thought was that the mines had exactly the same shape and form as those scarring the horse chestnuts

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, thus exposing the bugs to predators. But they're not all bad, as some capsid bugs feed on small pests.a wide range of plants, including chrysanthemums, dahlias, fuchsias, apples, beans and potatoesspring, summerMore common garden pestsLeaf miner flyAphidsLeaf

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