Do worms stay in platoons?

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  1. KeshCGY

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    I found that one of the plants in our front yard (side flower bed) was missing leaves, eaten away completely! The damage was not extensive, so after a few seconds of inspection I found the cause: a small platoon of worms eating together ! I took them with tweezers and didn't find any others. Is it safe now or should I expect more to come? If more are coming what treatment is recommended?

    Note: please note that this plant takes a long time to develop the leaves....so dont confuse that with the problem caused by the worms....I posted one picture where you can see the plant and another close up where you can see the damage in one of the branches (it has leaves on the tip but almost all the ones below were eaten)!

    Thanks!
    ( Calgary)
     

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