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At the damage site
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The grass tillers are left lying on the soil surface
The plants are grazed very close to the ground
Patches of bare ground are evident in pasture
Areas of pasture are of low vigour
Areas of pasture appear "yellow"
The damage
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Plant growth is distorted
Damage appears as small 'shot' holes
The damage is to leaves
Damage is to kikuyu
Plant stem is restricted
There is regular notching of leaf margins
Damage is to Plantain
Plants can be pulled easily from soil
Damage is to plant roots
Damage is to Fodder beet
Damage is to lucerne
There is irregular shaped feeding damage to leaves
Windows have been made in leaves
Damage is to brassica plants
Damage is evident on ryegrass
Damage is evident on clover
Damage is evident on above-ground plant parts
The pest
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Beetles uniformly black and shiny
Beetles are striped and hairy
Head is tan or brown coloured
Head is dark brown/black
Beetles are uniformly brown and shiny
It is a snail
The shell is pointed
The shell is smaller than 7mm
The shell has dark patterning, spots or stripes
Larvae is C-shaped
Larvae have a red head capsule
Caterpillars are green
Caterpillars are yellow and green with black spots
Caterpillars have light V on head
There are dark markings on the head
It moves by jumping
Caterpillars have stripes along body
Head is uniform in colour
It is smaller than 3 mm long
Found on the plant
Found on the soil surface
Found in the soil
It crawls
It is larger than 1 cm in size
It is a larva/grub/caterpillar
It is smaller than 5 mm long
It has legs
Overall appearance
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It is a broad-leaved plant
It is tall and many-branched upright herb up to 1.5m high
It is a large shrub
It is a prickly scrambler
It is an evergreen tree
It is creeping and mat-forming
It is a small tree
It is fern-like
It is rosette like
It is erect
It is a bush
It is a grass / grass-like
It is a low growing and broadleaved herb (non-woody)
Other leaf features
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The leaves are grey-green in colour
The leaves feel clammy
The leaves have an unpleasant smell when bruised
The leaves are a blue-green colour
The leaves are amplexicaul (upper stem leaves clasp the stem at the base)
There are auricles present (flaps of tissue at the leaf /stem junction)
The leaves are large and thick
The leaves are woolly
The crushed leaves have a faint musky odour
The leaves are large and showy
The leaf has a conspicuous midrib
The leaves are fern like
The leaves are feathery
The leaves have a strong peppery taste when eaten
The leaves are velvety
The leaves have serrate edges
The ligule is a ring of hairs
There are sharp prickles on the stem and backs of leaves
It has creeping stems on the soil surface (stolons)
The leaves are hairy
Flower shape / seedhead features
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The numerous flowers are small and green and occur on long drooping racemes
pointed head of a stork
The flowers are tubular
two or three-lippped
There are 5 petals
The flowers are followed by clusters of fruit
The flowers are large
The flowers at the centre of the umbel are pink
The flowers are tall
upright and feathery
Flower heads tight clusters (clover-like)
The flowers are funnel-shaped
Large multi-headed seed heads with three or more long leaves spreading out from underneath
It has green/yellow seed heads with a brown centre
It has dark red seed head with a green centre
Seed heads are compact with individual spikelets originating from a point
Flower heads spherical and comprising many segments, each with a long hooked spike when fruiting
The seedhead resembles the long
Daisy-like flowers (yellow centre and white radiating petals)
The flower head is prickly
The flower head is egg-shaped
The flowers droop/nod
The seedheads have bristles
The flowers are in dense clusters
The flowers are arranged in umbels (umbrella like)
It has pea-like seed pods
The seedhead is a drooping open cluster of seeds
The flowers are small
The seeds have long awns
The flowers are small and inconspicuous
Flower colour
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The flowers are purplish-blue
The flower is ivory
The flowers are lilac to white
The flowers are violet
The flowers are cream
Florets are pinkish to purple
The flowers are green
The flowers are orange
The flowers are purple
The flowers are blue
The flowers are pink
The flowers are mauve
The flowers are white
The flowers are yellow
Other distinguishing features
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Seed capsules are large and distinctive
The fruits are small and dark red to black berries
Trunks are up to 150mm across
Stems are woody
Stems are covered with woolly hairs
The stems are square
Leaves & stems are covered with short stinging bristles
Leaves are fragrant when crushed
smells like a mixture of mint and oregano
It has dull yellow berries
It has round green berries
When crushed the leaves have a distinctive 'carroty' smell
The roots are fibrous with black tubers
The roots are slender
There are prominent auricles (green ear-like structures) at the bases of the leaves
The stem is very stiff and rigid
The stem is up to 1 metre tall
It is thistle-like
It is a summer-active grass (winter dormant or germinates in summer)
The stems are hairless
It smells unpleasant when crushed
The plant is hairy
Leaf shape
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The leaves are large and hairy and triangular
It has shiny dark green leaves in many pairs on long upright or trailing stems
Leaflets are oblong and deeply toothed
Leaves are composed of 9-15 pairs of leaflets (pinnate leaves)
The leaves are shiny and 'v' shaped
white hairs
The leaves are covered in short
The leaves are fine
The leaves are heart shaped
The leaves are pointed
The leaves are long
The leaves are divided into 3 lobes
The leaves are made up of more than 3 leaflets
The leaf is narrow (mostly < 5 mm diameter)
The leaves are oval and single (entire)
The leaves are deeply divided
Feel of the weed
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The leaves are soft to touch
It is rough to touch (run finger from leaf tip to base)
It is prickly or spiny
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