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What is causing these cut to roses leaves

dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 179
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Something eating my roses leaves and making these cuts. What is it? How to stop it? Checked leaves there is no insects either side. 

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  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 179

  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 28,545
    Could be leafcutter bees which are harmless so nothing to worry about as long as your rose is otherwise healthy.   
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
  • OmoriOmori North YorkshirePosts: 1,659
    Yes leafcutter bees, nothing to worry about.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Central Norfolk UKPosts: 82,102
    In fact ... leaf cutter bees are lovely things to be having in your garden ... https://www.buzzaboutbees.net/leafcutter-bee.html
    i love to watch them carrying the pieces of leaf back to their nests. 
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  • dpatel2130dpatel2130 Posts: 179
    @Dovefromabove, @Omori, @Obelixx. Thank you. Relieved to know. Good job I didn't go for any spray route. Happy leafcutter bees, happy plant and happy me. Plants otherwise growing and look healthy. 
  • ObelixxObelixx Vendée, Western FrancePosts: 28,545
    Good.  Best to avoid spraying if you can as it also gets the good guys who'll eat any pests.  
    "We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing." - George Bernard Shaw
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