For a couple of days, we have been curious as to what has been munching away at the Mint plant in our garden. Tonight we found the answer:
Two in fact – tiny little beetles, about 5-6mm long with an iridescent green colour. So to find out what it was, I googled ‘green beetle that eats mint’ and up came the answer – Green Mint Beetle. DOH!!
A native of this country, they are quite unusual apparently, and tend to be found more near open water and streams – which explains why they are on our mint as the pot is right next to the pond. Of course, there was also all sorts of advice from gardeners as to what to do to get rid of them, but as we prefer the garden to be natural, we have decided to use the only sane method suggested – just grow enough mint for all of us.
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