Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 160
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 12:23 am Post subject: Something is chewing the leaves of my bean
Something is chewing leaves of my bean. I looked carefuly on both sides of the leaves and find nothing except for one or two aphids in a couple of leaves. Most of leaves stay clean without any trace of pests. What else could cause such a massive damage (almost on all leaves)?
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 160
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:08 am Post subject:
I think the pests might be Japanese beatles. We have a lot in our garden - hundreds or perhaps even thousands of beatles trapped in bags I set. However I only see a few occasionally on the leaves of the beans. Maybe they feed the leaves during the night and then be trapped by my beatle traps during day?
Joined: 07 Feb 2005 Location: Scotland (Map) Posts: 10812
Posted: Sat Aug 11, 2007 9:46 am Post subject:
It looks as though you've discovered the culprit Nan. I was trawling the net for moth larvae and aphids - never actually thought of beetles. Here's a web site all about your little horrors with different methods of controlling them.
Joined: 23 Jul 2007 Location: Chicago Area Posts: 160
Posted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 3:56 am Post subject:
Thanks Eileen for the link.
We do have the problem of Japanese beatles. They emerge from June to August in our area. Three years ago, Japanese beatles almost defoliate my two cherry trees, until I set out Japanese beatle traps. They work very well. I almost cannot see any beatles else where except for bunchs and bunchs in the bag of the trap. That is why I wonder how the beatles got on my hyacinth beans.
skud Just Arrived Joined: 14 Sep 2007 Location: hawkes bay New Zealand Posts: 48
Posted: Sat Sep 22, 2007 6:39 am Post subject:
we have those here from October to march the brown flying beetle and what i do is hang camphor or mothballs in aan old panty hose around my garden as i found they were eating the new leaves on my grapes and citrus trees so mybe if you hang them around your veg garden it might help
Aold lady gave me this hint many years ago
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Here's a web site all about your little horrors with different methods of controlling them.
