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Garden Pests and Diseases: Sunflowers with possibly 2 diff pests, 1 by DebinSC

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DebinSC wrote:
This is the first time I've grown sunflowers and they've just started to bloom, then...trouble.
I've researched various bugs that bother sunflowers and I'm still not certain what's eating mine. I sprayed them with insecticidal soap last night but I'm not sure if that will do the trick.

The photos show these white globular egg things on the buds (not on stems or leaves), the damage I'm seeing on the leaves and flower petals, and little critters I keep seeing that might be Stem Weevils?

Would appreciate help on the ID and I would really like to know if I can treat this with organic pesticides or if I'll have to go chemical.

Thanks!
Deb