Chrysanthemum - injury at stem base due to celery leaftier

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Celery leaftier, also known as greenhouse leaftier, normally feeds on foliage, but sometimes it will feed on stems, as it has done on this garden mum. Once a troublesome pest especially of mums, it is easily controlled with materials labeled for use against caterpillars.

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