Hmmm- nope- i sort of wish something would, here. I have way too much of it around since it's invasive, and seeded in all over. I do like it, but spend an awful lot of time tearing it out. I wonder if your beetle is a blister beetle? Can you get a picture of it and post?

I don't have this problem but a friend of mine complained about it with her vine and she said the name of the insect and I remember it being something like a blister beetle, some of which look like lightening bugs. I will track her down and find out what she knows.

You are not alone.

In some years, the blister beetles get mine as well as the Japanese anemones. They target only these plants and must feed at night because I never see them during the day. If you see them, you can spray them with a Pyrethrum spray.

I Googled, and blister beetle it is! Thanks very much! And I agree with tamlask - I spend way too much time tearing all the sweet autumn clematis out - it's worse, or as bad, as kudzu. So for all that trouble, at least I should be able to enjoy its one redeeming quality while it's blooming and fragrant. But no! Those darn blister beetles come along and have a feast. Trouble is, I always forget about this particular problem until too late. Next summer, though...Better watch out! I learned they are also particularly nasty little buggers that excrete a very bad substance. Thanks again for the help.
Pat

This is the time of year I see the grasshoppers on just about everything.