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Slug, snail or caterpillar?

tinap1972N-Uz-BAKtinap1972N-Uz-BAK Posts: 8
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Hi, can anyone tell me what’s eating these leaves please? Whatever it is, only seems to have a go at certain plants but leaves the ones beside it alone 
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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Hello @tinap1972N-Uz-BAK there is no picture showing for us to assist you.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • bertrand-mabelbertrand-mabel Posts: 2,697
    What leaves? No photo
  • tinap1972N-Uz-BAKtinap1972N-Uz-BAK Posts: 8
    Ah, sorry here it is. 
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    Well I do not see any slime trails anywhere so I would guess at caterpillars but then again I cannot see any caterpillars either. Have you tried looking at your plants when it gets dark and the slugs and snails can be seen more readily with a torch?
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • tinap1972N-Uz-BAKtinap1972N-Uz-BAK Posts: 8
    @Ladybird4 - no I've not, but I'll have a look this evening.  Thank you
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I think they’re dahlias,  that will be slugs,  they love them. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Slugs or snails. They love dahlias unfortunately. 
    The small ones are the worst. Having started growing them again in the last couple of years, I now remember why I stopped.  :/
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Look underneath the pots …. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    Dovefromabove said:
    Look underneath the pots …. 
    and under the leaves....
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
  • tinap1972N-Uz-BAKtinap1972N-Uz-BAK Posts: 8
    @Dovefromabove - I noticed today that there were lots of cobwebs at the base of the pots, so I'm assuming caterpillars? 
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