Wtf ?! Leafhoppers?

Sick Plants & Problems
1

What kind of insekt do we have here???

image
image1512Ă—2016 437 KB

1 Like
2

Likely either leafhoppers or caterpillars taking those bites out of the leaves. The twisted growth though could be indicative of some PH issues/salt buildup, I’ve experienced similar looking growth when I allow plants to stay too long in smaller pots and dry down too much between waterings

2 Likes
3

Leafhoppers are likely suspects.

1 Like
4

Great advice Legs!

2 Likes
5

Leafhoppers are true bugs and therefore have a sucking mouthpart, not “chompers”.

That damage is more from something that chews through material.

1 Like
6

Hope I’m wrong but I suspect broad mites because of that curly new grow, check this out… sad(1)

1 Like
7

I just saw a leafhopper on one of my outdoor plants. It’s about to go into flower.
I might do a neem spray before I see any real signs of flowering.
Was wondering what people use to get rid of them.

*edit- I go out to look at the plants and of course the one leafhopper is gone. haha

2 Likes
8

Looks like you have a grass hopper in your garden!!

3 Likes
9

Leafhoppers killed off a couple of my plants thinking they would do no harm. If they are true leafhoppers and you spray to kill them off, remember to respray again in a week or two since they lay eggs inside the stems and they emerge a week or two later.

2 Likes
10

this is a leafhopper-

1200Ă—800 39.1 KB

they come in brown and green, they are a little bigger than a grain of rice, and they feed by sucking fluid out of the plant.

They suck the fluid out of your leaves, and the only damage they cause is a little bit of stippling, a little bit of additional stress, and can cause the plant to dry out faster in very hot weather.

So if these were the problem, all you would see would be tiny pale dots on your leaves.

They are hard to get rid of because their feeding doesn’t expose them to anything you spray on the surface of the leaf, but they are not much of a concern because they only do minimal cosmetic damage to the plant.

The damage in your photo is from a bug that actually ate substantial pieces of the leaf. More like what you might see from a grasshopper.

5 Likes