Strange brown fuzzy bug on pepper with green square.
Posted: Mon Sep 08, 2014 7:53 pm
by Bobberman
I picked a pepper today and saw a small one inch square fuzzy edged flat patch on the pepper. the rectangular patch was about a 1/2 inch wide with a greenish patch in the middle. it looked like a piece of cloth but seemed to be a type of worm or bug but did not move. I peeled it off and it did not move. Never seen anything like it! What was it? I was trying to find a picture.
Re: Strange brown fuzzy bug on pepper with green square.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 1:38 am
by applestar
I think it was probably one of the slug moth caterpillars.
I was going to post a representative image but there are SO MANY ! I couldn't think which might be closest to what you saw:
https://bugguide.net/node/view/131/bgimage
Do you see any that looks like the one on your pepper plant?
Re: Strange brown fuzzy bug on pepper with green square.
Posted: Tue Sep 09, 2014 9:50 am
by Bobberman
Third one from the top next to the penny is similar to it just a different color. Thanks!