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Author Garden: leaf chewers flycats Great Gardener Member # 7995 posted                       What makes perfectly circular chew marks in my leaves, is it the grasshoppers? Inquiring minds want to know! Specifically it's my western redbud. THANKS! * * * * The cat's asleep, I whisper "kitten", until he stirs a little and begins to purr. Plants: 98 | From: California | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 168.150.194.202 chenno Garden Pro! Member # 9258 posted                       Not sure??But I know, my little culprit is a mouse... * * * * Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks. Plutarch Plants: 11590 | From: WI | Registered: May 2006  |  Seeded: 205.188.116.9 Buglady Dream Gardener Member # 1854 posted                       carpenter bees * * * * The Buglady Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, www.bugladyconsulting.com Educating the world... one bug at a time Plants: 435 | From: PA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 24.229.171.238 Buglady Dream Gardener Member # 1854 posted                       carpenter bees .. and it is more of a cosmetic issue * * * * The Buglady Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, www.bugladyconsulting.com Educating the world... one bug at a time Plants: 435 | From: PA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 24.229.171.238 Malica Great Gardener Member # 10046 posted                       My guess would have been grasshoppers too. link There's sure a lot of them this year, and a number of my plants are looking the like the "Grasshopper Damage" picture. Plants: 39 | From: Southwestern Ontario | Registered: Jul 2006  |  Seeded: 72.140.102.61 Buglady Dream Gardener Member # 1854 posted                       carpenter bees make a perfect circle cut out of leave. grasshopper damage is not circular, it is more irregular. The grasshopper sit on leaves edge and eat down the leaf edge. And yes i know i spend too much time watching insects eat but that's what i do * * * * The Buglady Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, www.bugladyconsulting.com Educating the world... one bug at a time Plants: 435 | From: PA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 64.12.117.7 flycats Great Gardener Member # 7995 posted                       REALLY? Carpenter bees eat leaves? I did not know that! Thanks for the help! If I remember I'll post a pic of the damage so you can get a better idea. I keep forgetting to get a pic. * * * * The cat's asleep, I whisper "kitten", until he stirs a little and begins to purr. Plants: 98 | From: California | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 168.150.194.202 Buglady Dream Gardener Member # 1854 posted                       They dont eat the leaves, they cut the circles out and use them for to make cells that they rear their young in. http://www.ext.colostate.edu/pubs/insect/05576.html * * * * The Buglady Suzanne Wainwright-Evans, www.bugladyconsulting.com Educating the world... one bug at a time Plants: 435 | From: PA | Registered: Jan 2004  |  Seeded: 207.200.116.139 flycats Great Gardener Member # 7995 posted                       Cool! well not for my redbud.. THANKS buglady! * * * * The cat's asleep, I whisper "kitten", until he stirs a little and begins to purr. Plants: 98 | From: California | Registered: Feb 2006  |  Seeded: 168.150.194.202

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