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Merkaba

Insect pest on Bay tree

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Hi everyone from Melbourne,

For the second year in a row, I found this larvae / pupae, each one wrapped within a small bundle of 2cm long little sticks glued together, hanging off the tips of the baytree branches. A number of leaves were chewed, I guess before they hide themselves with the sticks. I haven't seen what they eventually developed into, guess some sort of butterfly or a moth?!

This is what it looks like (the lavanda flower is just for the size comparison).

Anyone knows what these are, and what I should do to protect the tree?

Thanks a lot :unsure:

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