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title: "My outdoor rose bush. Lots of eaten leaves. I removed some stems with…"
description: "My outdoor rose bush. Lots of eaten leaves. I removed some stems with aphids but not sure what this fly is and what's actually eating my leaves"
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published: "2024-04-27T16:15:44.896271Z"
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# My outdoor rose bush. Lots of eaten leaves. I removed some stems with…

_Posted by Planting in Vegas on 2024-04-27_

My outdoor rose bush. Lots of eaten leaves. I removed some stems with aphids but not sure what this fly is and what's actually eating my leaves

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## 3 comments

### Sunny commented on 2024-04-27

It’s hard to identify the types of insects are creating those large circular cuts into the leaves. It could be caterpillars, cut worms are several others. I don’t know about the rest.

### Succulent❤️Mama commented on 2024-04-29

Where I live N of Dallas in Texas, that would be June bugs for sure. They LOVE my roses. They eat the leaves and buds.🙄 If someone could find the toad’s alarm clock and ring it already, that would be great!!😄 For us, it only stops when the toads come out and eat them. But my rose bush doesn’t really care, just me.🤪

#### Succulent❤️Mama replied on 2024-04-29

Personally I ignore the aphids because they don’t make a dent in my outside plants. The ants are farming them and will just bring them back up there to new branches anyway. If they are causing a problem, you can spray with something instead of cutting off the branch. Unless it’s heavily diseased of course, then the branch would need to be cut off.

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