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Ptah

(33,492 posts) Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:19 PM Jul 2019

Any idea what might be eating my bell pepper leaves?

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Any idea what might be eating my bell pepper leaves? (Original Post) Ptah Jul 2019 OP

I swear to Jebus I didn't do it Major Nikon Jul 2019 #1

I'm guessing it's not slugs/snails. That's my most voracious pest. But not in Tuscon I'd wager. WheelWalker Jul 2019 #2

Possibly Timewas Jul 2019 #3

look up leaf miners. they dig tiny tunnels in leaves. nt msongs Jul 2019 #4

Let me see here Timewas Jul 2019 #8

you have a few things going on but early in the morning take a flashlight to the garden rampartc Jul 2019 #5

Are you referring the white stringy things? Only place I've seen such a thing was after worming a Karadeniz Jul 2019 #6

Likely leaf cutter ants msdogi Jul 2019 #7

Major Nikon

(36,900 posts)

1. I swear to Jebus I didn't do it

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:22 PM

Jul 2019

WheelWalker

(9,199 posts)

2. I'm guessing it's not slugs/snails. That's my most voracious pest. But not in Tuscon I'd wager.

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:24 PM

Jul 2019

Timewas

(2,291 posts)

3. Possibly

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:24 PM

Jul 2019

Leaf cutter ants...........

msongs

(70,172 posts)

4. look up leaf miners. they dig tiny tunnels in leaves. nt

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Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:27 PM

Jul 2019

Timewas

(2,291 posts)

8. Let me see here

Reply to msongs (Reply #4)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 07:27 PM

Jul 2019

I could have sworn I wrote "leaf Cutter Ants"

rampartc

(5,835 posts)

5. you have a few things going on but early in the morning take a flashlight to the garden

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:32 PM

Jul 2019

i'll bet you find a coupla big ol' tomato hornworms munching those leaves.

caterpillers of a spectacular moth, the hawk moth, I hate to kill the hornworms, but they are quite voracious.

i'd normally recommend BT, an organic toxin for caterpillers, but since you've got those leaf miners may as well go to sevin dust.

the rest might be fungus that will clear up with a little less water for a few days.

I hope the peppers turn out ok. I did not grow bells this year as my ol' lady has been using anahimes or poblamos for nearly everthing lately.

Karadeniz

(23,417 posts)

6. Are you referring the white stringy things? Only place I've seen such a thing was after worming a

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:32 PM

Jul 2019

Dog! I don't think round worms or tapes live outside their hosts gut. Wish I could help!

msdogi

(430 posts)

7. Likely leaf cutter ants

Reply to Ptah (Original post)

Thu Jul 11, 2019, 06:38 PM

Jul 2019

white trails might be leaf miners. The ant damage is usually cosmetic, the miners can weaken your plant.

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