Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 7:10 pm
by dracula13
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?
Re: Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Sun Dec 29, 2013 10:31 pm
by applestar
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?
Re: Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 1:39 am
by imafan26
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
Re: Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 9:18 am
by dracula13
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.
Sorry for the bad pic
Re: Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:01 am
by applestar
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.
Re: Now What is Eating my Pole Bean leaves (and pods)?
Posted: Mon Dec 30, 2013 10:38 am
by dracula13
Here's a cropped pic of the bug:
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