Beginner Gardening: How do u treat a tomato plant affected with leaf miners?, 1 by vanita79

vanita79 wrote:
Hi Diana,

The mosquito is actually the mayfly with a tail. I've read a bit about them this morning, amazing creatures. These are the same ones in my balconey. There were probably a million resting on the walls. I broomed out so many and most of them were dead. That describes the mayfly with the short lifespan. What puzzles me is that there is no pond or lake in my area. There is an artficial lake a few kilometers away though but not in the community where I live. I wonder what attracted so many to my balconey this year, I have never seen so many in the last five years that I lived here nnor much in this country. But then we don't get many opportunities to connect to nature in this part of the world anyways. Its all buildings, sand and a lot of palm trees. I guess the advantages of living in the greenest part of the city are showing up.

They are attracted to the light. And I realised why I saw a few dead on my strawberry seedling bed only. They feed on algae (I wonder how as they dont have a mouth) and the soil seemed slighly greenish there, just hope they havent layed eggs in the soil's moisture.

So, going back to my tomato plant, I still havent seen who is laying the eggs but heres a picture of one badly affected leaf. I think it should go today.