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What is eating my flowers, please?

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GardeningIdiot · 03/07/2023 20:33

Google told me earwigs would be eating my clematis flowers, but my newspaper traps caught nothing (may be I should try again). All I found was this fellow on the arum lilies who I have identified as a Viburnum beetle? The adults shouldn't be around until late July, but the eating has been going on for a few weeks.

The daisies are out the front so could be a separate issue.

Grateful for any help.

What is eating my flowers, please?
What is eating my flowers, please?
What is eating my flowers, please?
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GardeningIdiot · 03/07/2023 20:34

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NanTheWiser · 03/07/2023 21:12

The beetle in your picture looks like a vine weevil. They lay their eggs in the soil, and the grubs feed on plant roots, leading to collapse of the plant. Whether that is what is eating your plants, I don’t know, could be unrelated, but I would be concerned to see vine weevils around.

GardeningIdiot · 03/07/2023 21:24

NanTheWiser · 03/07/2023 21:12

The beetle in your picture looks like a vine weevil. They lay their eggs in the soil, and the grubs feed on plant roots, leading to collapse of the plant. Whether that is what is eating your plants, I don’t know, could be unrelated, but I would be concerned to see vine weevils around.

Oh yes, it does. Thank you. I'll go and pick them off for starters...

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MereDintofPandiculation · 04/07/2023 08:55

You can tell it’s a weevil and not a beetle by the rostrum, that long nose thing at the front. Weevils have them, beetles don’t.

GardeningIdiot · 04/07/2023 13:19

Thanks. Looking my at the RHS info though, these weevils can only nibble from the edges, not make holes in blooms/leaves. So I'm still looking for another culprit...

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