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15-05-2008, 04:54 PM
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Another larva ID needed please.
This little thing was in the giant globe alliums, it wriggled a few times as I tried to get a better picture, then I noticed another one right at the bottom of the same leaf where they come out of the bulb. It was about 1cm long. Any ideas what it could be?
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15-05-2008, 07:15 PM
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A rather strange looking larva and I know there are several flies whose larvae attack Allium spp.. This 'onion maggot' looks similar to yours?
Managing Pests in Gardens: Vegetables: Invertebrates—Onion maggot
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16-05-2008, 12:38 PM
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It does look like an onion maggot doen't it -luckily for me I don't have an onion crop, but I hope they wont affect my chives for the potato salad  |
16-05-2008, 03:26 PM
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Quote:
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.......-luckily for me I don't have an onion crop, but I hope they wont affect my chives for the potato salad |
Do your giant Alliums have bulbs/corms? 
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Do your giant Alliums have bulbs/corms? |
Yep - afraid so, but I only have the 5 I planted in the autumn and they have flowered. It is the first time I have had them, I always see them at the Chelsea flower show and thought they looked quite impressive and the insects like them. |
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