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27-Feb-2008	#1
froufrou bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Feb-2008 Location: Lafayette, Indiana USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 6 Posts: 138	Small little white worm in soil on leaves, not bad right? Had some soil on my black pine's leaves, cleaning it off found a little white worm. Maybe 1/4" long. Shouldn't be a pest right? Never heard of one being so.

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28-Feb-2008	#2
Fletch bonsaiTALK Expert Join Date: Apr-2003 Location: Calgary, AB Country: Canada USDA Zone: 3a AHS Heat Zone: 2 Posts: 198	Not familiar with black pines and their pests but my rule of thumb is treat any uninvited wormy looking thing as a pest (especially if he claims to be yer cousin from Saskatoon...) __________________ Advice worth every penny you paid for it. Regards Fletch

28-Feb-2008	#3
froufrou bonsaiTALK Artisan Join Date: Feb-2008 Location: Lafayette, Indiana USDA Zone: 6 AHS Heat Zone: 6 Posts: 138	Hmm he did say he was my cousin, but from Buffalo. I removed him anyway. Maybe a baby earthworm, I have no clue of these things hehe. Thought they were red.

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