Topic: Bay leaf bug?

[lewic]

Does anyone know what might be eating my bay tree?

A lot of the leaves are curled up and I saw some tiny grey jumping things on the underside of them. The bush is only about a foot high and I dont want to lose it!

[lushy86]

Would love to know too my bay is huge but large bits looked like that last year, I cut it all back and it has grown even bigger! There are signs its happening again this year.  :(

Lushy x

[davyw1]

When you said Grey i thought mealybug bot they tend to be at the axis of the stem and leaf

[saddad]

A leaf sucker.. a bit like scale insects when bigger... taking off and burning affected leaves and cultivating the soil under the bush and grease bands on the stem can help...  difficult to eradicate with insecticides.. and I wouldn't want to eat any that had been treated with a systemic...  :-\

[Kea]

I've been fighting this one for years

http://www.rhs.org.uk/Advice/profiles0500/sucker.asp

Not a lot of success though....I have managed to keep it at bay!....by picking off the affected leaves.