Water Lily worm/pest ID

[Rogue.Robot]

I've been losing leaves on my water lily... I cut them off to examine, and there's these very small worms on the bottom side. I tried my best to get a good picture, but this was the best I could do. Any ideas on ID and treatment?

Thanks!

 

[GBBUDD]

Those worms are your best friend . Your leaf is well past its prime they realy only last a month . And when they start to wilt three things are for certain.
The leaves will start to Bron along the edges maybe also starting in the middle . They just fade away.
When they do start discoloring they are adding organics into the water possibly making for a spike of amonia. But at they start to rot just like us we don't eat green bananas but we do like when they start to break down and soften up . That worm is eating the ripe bananas.
If it was eating green leaves you would not have circles pf brown you would have no leaf

 

[Rogue.Robot]

OK so that looks normal? Forgive my newbie questions, but I seem to be losing leaves faster than it's growing new ones. Which is what led to my concern. That being said - they are probably about a month old.

 

[GBBUDD]

You may not have enough sun , or nutrients in the water or too much sun and too much nutrients if the plant it's self is not doing well . Adding fertilizer tablets and repotting the lily can promote growth and flowers

 

[j.w]

and welcome @rog

 

[WaterGardener]

Leaves look normal to me, just old and dying off. If new ones aren't growing they may need some adjustments to their environment or fertilizer, as @GBBUDD said.

 

[addy1]

Welcome to the forum!

 

[Mmathis]

@Rogue.Robot Hello and welcome!

Where do you live? It is a little early in the season, but this could be natural die-back from seasonal changes. The only pests I’ve ever seen on my pads are [I think they’re called] China Mark moth larvae. But those guys chew up part of the pad and roll themselves up into a little tiny burrito.

 

[Rogue.Robot]

Thanks for the welcome guys! I’ve been lurking in the shadows for a while. I built my pond this year and I’m just learning as I go.

Regarding the lily, it gets probably 4 hours of direct sun and dappled sun throughout the day. Also I do use fertilizer tablets, and it has bloomed probably 4 or 5 times since I bought it.

I’m in South Alabama, so it’s been in the upper 90s here lately.

All that being said, I think the plant is going to be fine, I see new leaves coming up today, and it’s probably just a young plant - I bought it a couple months ago.

Oh and thank you all for your responses!

 

[Rogue.Robot]