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Produce => Edible Plants => Chillies Ahoy => Topic started by: Joolieeee on June 18, 2020, 12:12:53

Title: critter on my chilli
Post by: Joolieeee on June 18, 2020, 12:12:53

Please could someone identify this critter on my chilli? I've been removing them, but wondered what they are, and if my plant is doomed or ok

Title: Re: critter on my chilli
Post by: Vinlander on July 30, 2020, 10:28:42

OK. I'm no expert but since nobody else has, I'll say the obvious - it looks more like a maggot than a caterpillar so it might become a fly - the question is why it ended up living in your plant. Is it a pest or just lost?

By now you should know if it is a problem - hopefully not.

Cheers

Title: Re: critter on my chilli
Post by: saddad on July 30, 2020, 15:46:45

Looks like a lacewing pupae to me, leave it alone and it will have gone in a day or two.

Title: Re: critter on my chilli
Post by: pumkinlover on August 01, 2020, 07:27:41

Unless evidence to the contarary it does look like a lacewing pupae and one of the good guys.

Title: Re: critter on my chilli
Post by: Vinlander on August 01, 2020, 19:35:35

Are they really that small? (I'm still assuming that's some kind of J-cloth - on the other hand it could be a beach towel, so - are they really that big?).

Sorry, watching too much Buffy at the moment - great show but encourages snappy/snippy juvenile dialogue.

Cheers.