dracula13
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Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?

About 3/4 leaves on my pole bean plant look like this:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1010 ... 8111162905


Also, I saw this moth on my cotton:

https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/1010 ... 8111162905

Should I be worried about? Is it the moth of some garden pest?

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applestar
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Is it the same moth as the one I posted about here?
https://www.helpfulgardener.com/forum/vi ... 58#p152058

Re: the beans -- did you look under the leaves? Any culprits hiding?

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These links might be helpful in identifying some of the insects that like beans.

Do you have a lot of grass, cabbages or nectar plants nearby?

https://www.ent.iastate.edu/soybeaninsects/node/164
https://www.ianrpubs.unl.edu/live/ec1574 ... ec1574.pdf

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It looked a lot like that moth!!!! But, is it a pest?

Also, This has been hanging around the pole beans for a few days now, but I have only seen one of them.

CAM00038.jpg
Sorry for the bad pic

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Oaks, willows, and peaches are the listed larval host plants -- so it depends on what you have. If you have peaches, then you might considere them a pest. As far as I know, this moth is not a mass invasion type like army worms so oaks and willows should be able to handle it unless they are very small saplings.

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It's very out of focus but could that be a blister beetle? I thought there is a species that eat army worms. But I don't have time to look it up.

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Here's a cropped pic of the bug:
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