Holes in my pepper leaves!Help!

**srodders** · 29-07-2008, 12:43 PM

My Chillis are the same - if you look very closely under all the leaves you may see lots of tiny caterpillers. That's what is causing my problems, that sound teh same as yours.

**armadillo** · 29-07-2008, 02:38 PM

I've had a look, and I can't find any caterpillars. However, there's powdery-looking beige stuff on the undersides of many leaves - it's stuck on really well, could be thousands of eggs of some kind.
Have sprayed undersides with nasty chemical 'bug clear' gun as I am not happy AT ALL with the idea of some b*****d beasties destroying my lovely shiny pepper plants just as they start making peppers.

**Kristen** · 29-07-2008, 09:32 PM

Mealy bug? - although I think they would only make the leaves go yellow, not create holes.

I've got some hole sin my sweet pepper leaves too, and no apparent critters.

**ratglass** · 30-07-2008, 12:27 PM

Hi Its definately caterpillars got them too, really tiny and green you won't spot them till they are bigger. I just try to squash them when I see them. If disturbed they will make a kind of web and fall off the leaves!! If your chilli plants are fairly big they should whether the storm.

**srodders** · 30-07-2008, 06:01 PM

The plants will be OK, but watch out - the caterpillers eat the chillis when they get bigger!!

**newveggrower** · 31-07-2008, 01:56 AM

I think I have the same problem, they're attacking the leaves of my radished, turnips and lettuces. I have noticed an influx of butterflies in my garden recently and caught one of the little beggers trying to lay eggs on them yesterday, but I think I scared it away just in time.

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