Help,rose menace.

**Zelenina** · 06-08-2015, 02:35 AM

Are you sure it's wasps? Some species of solitary bees cut pieces out of leaves, and sometimes petals, to make cocoons for their larvae.

**fishpond** · 06-08-2015, 04:22 AM

Do you have a photograph of these Wasps?

**bobbin** · 06-08-2015, 08:58 AM

No not leaf cutter bees. I've had them before on roses and they are very welcome as cut the most beautiful semi circles but left buds alone. I actually watched a wasp doing this from the initial bite I think.
Bog standard wasp, nothing special but definitely wasp.there are so many around due to fallen fruit honeydew on leaves etc. I would love to post pictures but keep asking for help but no one tells me how to bro it. as I need an idiots guide to it. I can't decipher the instructions on this site.
Anyone any suggestions for making the rose buds less palatable?pleeeeesssee

**Nicos** · 06-08-2015, 09:05 AM

Just found this if it's any help???

"There are some smells that wasps reputedly do not like, including eucalyptus, mint and wormwood. So try dabbing some eucalyptus oil around the table, and place a mint plant in the middle of it rather than a jug of flowers. If you do have wormwood — and not many of us grow it because it’s poisonous — then dried cuttings will help drive wasps away."

might be worth soaking a few rags/ draping them in the bush?

from this article-

Want to ward off wasps? Wear red trousers... or tie a paper bag to the nearest tree. And DON'T wear aftershave | Daily Mail Online

**Scarlet** · 06-08-2015, 11:34 AM

Originally posted by bobbin View Post

I would love to post pictures but keep asking for help but no one tells me how to do it

Click "reply to thread"
Click "go advanced"
You will be taken to a screen that looks like this.

Click on the "paper clip" icon on the RHS of the top row.
A new screen will be loaded that looks like this:

Click "add files" top RHS and a drop down box will appear.

Click "choose file" and "from library". This will take you to your files in computer or phone. Click your chosen photo. Click "upload"

Your photo will appear in the bottom LH corner, under the heading "attachment". opposite this on the RHS click "insert in line"
And the "done"
And then "submit reply"
After you've done it a few times it literally takes seconds - please give it a go

You need to upload one photo at a time.- Good luck!

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**Jungle Jane** · 06-08-2015, 12:16 PM

I was wondering why wasps would do this & found this info thats quite interesting;
Yellow jackets have good eyes for spotting caterpillars and other prey, but a plant that is being eaten doesn�t want to just wait around for the wasp to notice. Fortunately for your roses, evolution has provided the plant with its very own distress signal, based on smell. When a caterpillar chomps into a leaf, the plant releases an acid that smells the same as fresh cut grass. The caterpillar�s bites also spill a kind of alcohol from the damaged leaf cells. This alcohol mixes with the cut grass aroma and carries it upward in a rising plume where it can be smelled by our circling yellow jacket. Millions of years of evolution have taught the yellow jacket that following this smell often leads to a delicious meal.

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