I pulled up my onions about a week and a half ago, and laid them on a table in the garage to cure. Toady, I was going through the onions, because I want to braid them and because I need the table for a garage sale tomorrow. When I was moving the onions around, I found these in some of the stalks.
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[url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/46713538@N03/7509313014/]DSC_0015[/url] by [url=https://www.flickr.com/people/46713538@N03/]Noora K[/url], on Flickr
They were in the stalks, and the onions themselves seem to be fine on outward inspection. Through a Google search I found one picture similar to the smaller ones, and the blog it was on suggested it was leek moth larvae, but when I googled those, the pictures didn't look like these.
They seem pretty lethargic, but I'm wondering if I should be worried for anything else in my garden
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I can't place it but that sure looks familiar. It is not a WELL KNOWN onion pest that I can see.
Just keep an eye on them in storage.
I had something werid last year only with a few and only with the red onions. They had some worm probably the onion maggot but the onoions just melted into a black goo. I can show you the stain on my table downstairs.
Keep an eye on them so you don't loos the whole crop, not that you will of course. Don't get all hyperventalating cause of me.
Err on the side of caution is all I'm saying.
Just keep an eye on them in storage.
I had something werid last year only with a few and only with the red onions. They had some worm probably the onion maggot but the onoions just melted into a black goo. I can show you the stain on my table downstairs.
Keep an eye on them so you don't loos the whole crop, not that you will of course. Don't get all hyperventalating cause of me.
Err on the side of caution is all I'm saying.
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