so i've been seeing leaves with little holes but couldn't see any caterpillars or anything. today i found this little guy. what the hell is it and could it be eating my shit. leaves are all round looking, curled and twisted. ph is dead on and so is fertilization.
wtf is this bug eating my plant?
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sickstoner
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does your plant have balls?
The Grow Kid
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Hmmm maybe you should look up something on line about the bug by it's description
robert 14617
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that is a lady bug larvae its eating anything that may try and eat your plant
nah they're clones from the club. GDP.
tried that already.
Good call Robert thx! +rep and damn now what lol. something's eating them but they're no where to be found.
robert 14617
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it will shed its skin and look like the red shelled beetle , its growing now eating all the bad insects that could do harm to your plants , then it changes and goes out to find another lady bug to make more of those little creatures you found ,
I'm in central cali and have seen these bugs before but never knew what they were. googled ladybug larva though and sure enough. never would have guessed it in a million years!
robert 14617
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i grew up in vacaville , there were millions of them things around
alright check it out. look at the close up of the leaf. notice how all the bite marks look like two rodent teeth marks. even the bites that took a chunk look like two teeth did it. i did see some sort of rodent two times but it took off so fast i couldn't tell if it was a squirrel or not. if it did have a bushy tail you couldn't tell because it was like a dart behind him. only saw him for a split second too. what do you think about this robert? i'll make a new thread if all else fails.
robert 14617
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do you or your friends have a cat at home ? if so take some of the cat litter used of course and spread it around the cat smell helps keep them bastards away , i hate squirrels if it were me i would put out rat and sticky traps
i do actually and they go outside too which never hit me until just now. -.- i guess we'll know if i find fresh doodoo in it. thx again 
i tried cayenne pepper and it seemed to work for a couple days but took alot and blew away easily. (i sprinkled a vampire circle, didn't wanna put it in the soil..figured the shit's acidy.)
i tried cayenne pepper and it seemed to work for a couple days but took alot and blew away easily. (i sprinkled a vampire circle, didn't wanna put it in the soil..figured the shit's acidy.)
GrizzlyAdams
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Dude that plant looks like it has balls.
Well your leaf problem ISN'T worms, caterpillars, slugs, snails, or leafcutters by the damage I can see right now. Honestly I'm not sure where the holes in the leaves are coming from but the plant looks overwatered. I had a plant in my first grow that almost EXACTLY mirrored the top of your plant. It was overwatering, have you been using a soil moisture meter?
Well your leaf problem ISN'T worms, caterpillars, slugs, snails, or leafcutters by the damage I can see right now. Honestly I'm not sure where the holes in the leaves are coming from but the plant looks overwatered. I had a plant in my first grow that almost EXACTLY mirrored the top of your plant. It was overwatering, have you been using a soil moisture meter?
nah but i have them in 20% perlite and only give them like a gallon each and only when the pots get light.
i still don't know what caused the holes but the problems i had with leaf curl ended up being my ph meter was about 1.2 low and i didn't have any calibrating liquid for a while. it's since been buffered and the new growth is looking better. only affected the gdp's though, the other 3 (og kush) showed no signs of stress from ph in the low 5's.
OK, and this is why the clones look like they have balls: i put them outside and i guess the hours of light just barely got above 13 not too long ago so they started flowering but they stopped. thus the swollen calyxes (not balls) and clusters of pistils on the flowers, and already massive production of trichomes on all the leaves and stems. SOOOO smelly and they both have a distinct, unique smell of their heritage =] clones from the club.
forgot i had this picture. there's one of the swollen calyxes. the false seed pods i guess some call them.
