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What is eating the sedum?

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  • BluebelltimeBluebelltime Posts: 196
    Anyone?
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    Slugs or snails.
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I don't know but I'm interested to find out. Have you seen any insects on the leaves or around the plant at all? I'm tempted to say it's bug damage due to the puncturing nature of the damage. There is a specific sedum bug but it was quite rare until it started spreading recently so there's not much information out there about it.  https://www.britishbugs.org.uk/heteroptera/Miridae/chlamydatus_evanescens.html
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618
    It wasn't caught in a hail storm was it?
  • ERICS MUMERICS MUM Posts: 627
    Could it be “scorch marks”, ie droplets of water sitting on the leaves in strong sunlight ?
  • pitter-patterpitter-patter Posts: 2,429
    I have seen very similar damage on my annual iberis and antirrhinum. It has been caused by small black beetles.
  • BluebelltimeBluebelltime Posts: 196
    pitter-patter said:
    I have seen very similar damage on my annual iberis and antirrhinum. It has been caused by small black beetles.
    Thanks. I guess theres not much we can do about that. 
  • FireFire Posts: 19,096
    I don't recognise the pattern of damage. I would say that slugs and snails tend to eat leaves from the outside in, not making little holes.
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