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by flycats on August 08, 2006 09:12 AM
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!

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by chenno on August 09, 2006 04:42 AM
Not sure??But I know, my little culprit is a mouse...

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by Buglady on August 22, 2006 01:22 PM
carpenter bees

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by Buglady on August 22, 2006 01:23 PM
carpenter bees .. and it is more of a cosmetic issue

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by Malica on August 22, 2006 04:51 PM
My guess would have been grasshoppers too.

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There's sure a lot of them this year, and a number of my plants are looking the like the "Grasshopper Damage" picture.
by Buglady on August 22, 2006 05:09 PM
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 [Smile] but that's what i do

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by flycats on August 23, 2006 03:19 AM
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.

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by Buglady on August 23, 2006 01:25 PM
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

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by flycats on August 25, 2006 07:33 AM
Cool! well not for my redbud.. THANKS buglady!

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