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Strange marks on Aloe vera

Posted: Sun Aug 15, 2021 8:47 am
by Mrs.Green
I bought this Aloe vera a few weeks back. The substrate was dripping wet, so I immidiately took it out of the pot and removed the substrate and let it dry for some days before repotting it. Learning from earlier experience, I have it in quarantine..

I noticed these marks on the leaves recently and wonders if it anything to worry about? Having no experience with mining bugs on indoor plants I am not sure what this is?

Re: Strange marks on Aloe vera

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:25 am
by MrXeric
Looks like leaf-miner tunnels. :shock:
Never seen them on succulents even though my lemon tree is nearby and suffers from these yearly...
Hopefully your plant just has non-pest damage to the epidermis!

Re: Strange marks on Aloe vera

Posted: Mon Aug 16, 2021 9:12 am
by Mrs.Green
MrXeric wrote: Mon Aug 16, 2021 4:25 am Looks like leaf-miner tunnels. :shock:
Never seen them on succulents even though my lemon tree is nearby and suffers from these yearly...
Hopefully your plant just has non-pest damage to the epidermis!

Oh.. :shock: just what I feared... Thank you MrXeric :) I think this one will have to go..don’t want to take any chances bringing in
a new bug to the collection. :idea: