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covrig
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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 9:04 am

Hello.
Some of the leaves of my citrus trees have these strange holes in them.
All my citrus is kept inside. I didn't see no snails, no scale, no mites, no other pest.
Can heat do this?





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Laaz
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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 9:11 am

I would say some type of insect damage.

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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 1:41 pm

Laaz wrote:
I would say some type of insect damage.

laaz would you think it might be multiple leaf miners burrowing and coming out of all the holes that show on the leaves.

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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 2:57 pm

That doesn't look like leaf miner damage. Looks like something is actually eating through the leaves.

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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 4:39 pm

Is all the damage on the under side of leaves?

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danero2004
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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 7:16 pm

If no insect is to be found then maybe is a fungal disease

i was thinking to shot-hole fungus

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Malcolm_Manners
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Posted: Wed 26 May, 2010 11:25 pm

I'd say almost certainly an insect, but since the OP is in Romania, likely an insect we US growers don't know or see.
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artie10
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Posted: Thu 27 May, 2010 1:04 am

ive had the same sort of thing before in hong kong,see if you can see a small brown beetle few millmetres size.artie
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Sylvain
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Posted: Thu 27 May, 2010 3:03 am

Baby snails.
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covrig
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Posted: Thu 27 May, 2010 8:11 am

I used a high magnifier glass and looked more that 10 minutes searching for bugs but I didn't noticed any. I had preventive sprayed the tree with some insecticide. I think I am dealing with some sort of flying bug or something related to the sudden increase in the temperature we have here.

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Posted: Thu 27 May, 2010 9:04 am

Might be slugs, they live in the soil and come out at night

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citrange
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Posted: Thu 27 May, 2010 5:40 pm

I also think snails, or possibly some kind of caterpillar.
You need to stay up all night and keep watch!
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covrig
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Posted: Fri 28 May, 2010 11:52 am

All my citrus is kept inside. Do you have snails or slugs in your apartment or house? Smile

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mgk65
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Posted: Fri 28 May, 2010 4:17 pm

Pets?
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Laaz
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Posted: Fri 28 May, 2010 10:26 pm

You can have snails or slugs introduced in the soil you buy.

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