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Need help identifying bug damage

10 years ago

Hello everyone. My first peppers have really started growing now that it is a bit warmer. The plants seem to be doing fine, but they are getting eaten by some kind of bug it seems. I just can't figure out what exactly it is because I almost never see bugs on the plants when I check.

This first pic is my first pepper plant and the damage it almost exclusively on the inner parts of leaves.

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tripleione
Original Author
10 years ago
Second pepper... it has whole leaves chewed off as well as inner leaf damage.
tripleione
Original Author
10 years ago
This is one of the few bugs I have actually seen on the plant. Can't tell what it is though. Any thoughts?

Thanks for any help!
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woohooman San Diego CA zone 10a
10 years ago
You might try the pests and diseases forum. I'm pretty awful at identification.

Kevin
User
10 years ago
I can't positively ID the problem but if I was you, I'd hit the plants with some insecticidal soap to try to solve or at least slow down the damage until I found the best solution.

FWIW, see link below.

Bill

Here is a link that might be useful: Insecticidal Soap
jean001a
10 years ago
The only & only insect is a parasitized aphid. Unable to make holes in plants even if was alive & well.

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