Beginner Gardening: What Is Eating My Dahlia??, 1 by JolieB

JolieB wrote:
Can anyone recognize what might be causing the damage to this bedding dahlia? I've ruled out earwigs and other insects. Every morning I find something has eaten the new petal growth on each
& ever dahlia on these plants. I have red bedding dahlias about the same height, right next to the
white ones, but the damage each day is ONLY to the white dahlias, not the red ones. I've set a Hav-A-Heart trap (thinking either a bunny or squirrel might be doing the damage), but haven't caught anything yet. Getting very discouraged, these were beautiful plants but I haven't had a "whole" flower
in more than a month!