{"id":9833,"date":"2016-11-24T03:45:29","date_gmt":"2016-11-24T03:45:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=9833"},"modified":"2016-11-18T19:52:07","modified_gmt":"2016-11-18T19:52:07","slug":"leaf-miners-indoor-outdoor-pests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/pests-problems\/leaf-miners-indoor-outdoor-pests\/","title":{"rendered":"Leaf Miners Indoor &#038; Outdoor Pests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Leaf miners have been at work here, NC by Martin LaBar, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/martinlabar\/2315536875\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2025\/2315536875_9977bb1af8.jpg\" alt=\"Leaf miners have been at work here, NC\" width=\"500\" height=\"384\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Leaf miners are the larvae of moths, beetles, maggots, flies or caterpillars that have hatched between the upper and lower epidermis of a leaf. They then burrow there way out eating part of the leaf and leaving a trail.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Common Types from 524 Leaf Miners<\/strong><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Chrysanthemum leaf miner &#8216;Phytomyza chrysanthemi&#8217; also known as the Margurite fly.<\/li>\n<li>Privet leaf miner &#8216;Gracilaria cuculipennella&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Palm leaf miner &#8216;Homaledra sabelella&#8217;<\/li>\n<li>Other favourite indoor targets include Ficus species and African Violets.<\/li>\n<li>A few mining insects use other parts of a plant, such as the surface of a fruit.<\/li>\n<li>The horse chestnut leaf miner &#8216;Cameraria ohridella&#8217;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Damage and Control<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Deterioration of plants leaf by leaf results from the tunneling or mining activity.<\/li>\n<li>Some damage is linear some is serpentine.<\/li>\n<li>Blotches and circular ruptures may occur where the surface has been eaten away.<\/li>\n<li>Sprays are largely ineffective as the insect is protected under the surface of the leaf.<\/li>\n<li>Systemic insecticide is the only cure. Insecticides recommended for leaf miner control on farm crops include carbaryl, chlorfenvinphos, diazinon, dimethoate and trichlorphon.<\/li>\n<li>Infected leaves should be pruned off and destroyed.<\/li>\n<li>Farmers may reduce or prevent problems by planting trap or distraction crops near the plants to be protected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Jatropha leaf miners by tonrulkens, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/47108884@N07\/5062405690\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4152\/5062405690_9ce6238a1d.jpg\" alt=\"Jatropha leaf miners\" width=\"347\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sources Creative Commons<br \/>\n<em>Top; by Martin LaBar, on Flickr&#8217; leaf miners, insects that, generally as larvae, burrow between the upper and lower epidermis of leaves. An interesting ecological niche!&#8217;<\/em><br \/>\n<em> Lower; leaf miners by tonrulkens, on Flickr<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Read <a href=\"http:\/\/www.leafmines.co.uk\/\">British Leaf Miners<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Leaf miner problems on Privet or indoor plants can be treated but not easily&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9833","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pests-problems"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9833","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9833"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9833\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9833"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9833"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9833"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}