I'm seeing alot of this type of damage but I can't see what's doing it. Cala - do you think this is from the flea beetles you were talking about?
What does this?
I'll ask here instead of elsewhere then. I have green cats, not the tiny ones, but maybe 1 1/2" long. they are in cocoons now, missed them while busy. do they still do damage now??
It's caterpillars Poppysue. Some are the color of the leaf and hard to see.
TiG, once they make a cocoon, they won't hurt the brugs anymore.
Poppysue, I've got holes like that in many of mine too and some leaves half eaten. I looked with a flashlight at night and also in the morning and afternoon and can't catch the critter.I did see a couple of large green grasshoppers. Can they do that much damage? I find the earwigs like to eat the new tender leaves that are just starting to come out.
Snow, I've seen grasshoppers too. I didn't know if they ate them or not.
The hoppers love them. If these things are poisonous to people, why can't they kill the insects that nibble on them? Doesn't seem right.
Brugie, Do the hoppers eat big holes in the leaves?
I'm leaning towards the earwigs here. I haven't seen any caterpillers or any grasshoppers. I have seen plenty of earwigs tho. Sometimes I'll find them hiding in the creases of the leaves. I bet they're coming out to munch on them at night.
Our hoppers start chewing on the edge and work their way in. Make a leaf look horrible in no time.
Brugcrazy do you have the possibillity to take pictures to ID earwigs attack from 1. to worst stage? Brugie, could you do the same with grasshoppers? If we compare pictures and find similaries and differences we would know exactly, what to look for and when to start looking. I used a few of my sanguineas, where I let the cats live a full cycle from eggs to the plant was almost gone. Not that I am particular sadistic. *LOL* I think that the best was to prevent new attacks in time is to know the cats to the bottom of their hearts. :=
Snow, the cats sleep much during daytime. You will most often find them in the new top leaves, that hasn`t opent entirely and under the small leaves up the main trunk. They are sometimes found on top of the leaves, but most times you have to look under the lef surfaces. I have seen 10 different green color variants here and most of them seem to fit the color of the leaf they are eating and especially, when the cats are under 5 millimeters you have to look careful to get a glimpse of them.
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Eeeeewww Tonny!! Can't say I've seen them on my brugs ... knock on wood. They must turn into a month or something?
Gee ... wish I had known you wanted some pest pictures. I could have had some good ones of slug damage for you but I cut most of them down and stripped the leaves off them.
great pictures Tonny!!!!
Sue, they are hard to see cause they are abot the same color as the leaf