Came outside today and noticed something ate my bell pepper plant. I live in Florida. Any ideas on what the culprit is?
by Electrical_Half_8150
18 Comments
Ok_Can_5343
I had the same thing happen last year. Never found out what it was. I sprinkled sevin dust around all of my plants and that seemed to stop it.
arthropal
Since Florida, I assume gator or palmetto bug, yeah?
RespectTheTree
Could be squirrels, might be tomato hornworm
ZeroHour064
Friggin horn worms are ninjas 🤣 eating my peppers and then poof gone
Efficient_Pomelo_583
Ants?
_thegnomedome2
Groundhog, deer, cat, iguana, could be alot of things.
murmanator
Deer and rabbits will do that also
NapalmCandy
I’ve had both birds and cats attack my young pepper and tomato plants, among other things I’ve grown. Young birds will sometimes do so because they don’t seem to know the young plants aren’t their food (the biggest culprit for me has been starlings on my young tomato plants – I’ve watched them treat them like rope toys, trying to pull them out of the ground and stripping all the leaves in the process) and curious cats bite the tops off of young plants to see if it’s something they can eat (I’ve caught them on camera sampling all types of young plants in my garden). I’ve heard squirrels can be bad as well, but for me they mostly dig up plants looking for buried walnuts.
Queasy_Profit_9246
No-see-ums.. nasty things.
front_yard_duck_dad
Rabbits or squirrels. Happens all the time up here in IL
trashtv
Probably some Florida man.
ToiletTurmoil
Slugs
sloppysauce
Too early for hornworms. Is your entire yard fenced? Probably squirrels or a bunny. Look for poop.
18 Comments
I had the same thing happen last year. Never found out what it was. I sprinkled sevin dust around all of my plants and that seemed to stop it.
Since Florida, I assume gator or palmetto bug, yeah?
Could be squirrels, might be tomato hornworm
Friggin horn worms are ninjas 🤣 eating my peppers and then poof gone
Ants?
Groundhog, deer, cat, iguana, could be alot of things.
Deer and rabbits will do that also
I’ve had both birds and cats attack my young pepper and tomato plants, among other things I’ve grown. Young birds will sometimes do so because they don’t seem to know the young plants aren’t their food (the biggest culprit for me has been starlings on my young tomato plants – I’ve watched them treat them like rope toys, trying to pull them out of the ground and stripping all the leaves in the process) and curious cats bite the tops off of young plants to see if it’s something they can eat (I’ve caught them on camera sampling all types of young plants in my garden). I’ve heard squirrels can be bad as well, but for me they mostly dig up plants looking for buried walnuts.
No-see-ums.. nasty things.
Rabbits or squirrels. Happens all the time up here in IL
Probably some Florida man.
Slugs
Too early for hornworms. Is your entire yard fenced? Probably squirrels or a bunny. Look for poop.
slugs/snails/hornworm/critters/rabbit/squirrel/birds
Horn worm
Rat or mouse would be my best guess. I’ve had the same happen to mine.
Rabbits 100%
Itll come back! My jalapeño got wrecked like that twice last season. Its still around and kicking, and I just trimmed it all the way back again!