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Pests and Pathogens

Aloe leaf damaged by aloe snout beetle in Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
Aloe leaves smothered by aloe scale insect in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Aloe plants devastated by aloe snout beetles in Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
Aloe Scale
Aloe snout beetle damage on aloe leaf in Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
Aloe snout beetle damage on aloes in Harold Porter National Botanical Garden
Apidiotus scale insect on Ecephalartos cycad in Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Canker caused by Rugonectria sp.
Cypress aphids on Widdringtonia tree in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Erythrina gall wasp induced galls and adult emergence holes on Erythrina caffra branch in KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
Erythrina gall wasp damage on Erythrina tree in Durban Botanic Gardens
Erythrina gall wasp induced galls on Erythrina caffra in KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
Trioza sp. induced galls on Ficus sur in Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Trioza bullatae induced galls on Occotea bullata leaf in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Ganoderma australe on Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea
Ganoderma on Araucaria heterophylla in KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
Ganoderma on Araucaria heterophylla in KwaZulu-Natal National Botanical Garden
Ganoderma on Combretum erithrophyllum
Larva of aloe snout beetle in the crown of aloe plant in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Mealybugs on Camellia japonica in Arderne Gardens
Phytophthora cinnamomi infected silver tree in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Phytophthora cinnamomi infected sliver tree in Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden
Pleurotis sp. on Casearia gladiiformis
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer attack on Erythrina lysistemon tree in Pretoria National Zoological Garden
Vascular staining caused by Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer infestation in London plane tree in Pretoria National Zoological Garden
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer galleries in Quercus robur
Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer infested London plane tree
Vascular staining in Polyphagous Shot Hole Borer infested Virgilia divaricata tree
Rugonectria sp. perithecia
Cypress aphid damage on Widdringtonia sapling at Kirstenbosch National Botanical garden, 2020
Cycad leaves smothered by Aspidoitus scale in Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Leopard Magpie moth larvae feeding on cycad leaves in Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Aspidoitus scale on Aloe in Pretoria National Botanical Garden
Cycad leaves severely damaged by Aspidoitus scale