Something eating my pepper leaves

[prizebull]

They are very small peppers,only a couple sets of true leaves . I set them in the garden about 3 days ago and today I saw that some of the plants leaves are eaten to different degrees.A few have only a partially eaten leaf all the way to all the leaves gone.Some haven't been touched at all.I put a couple pans of beer out in case the culprits are slugs.Any idea as too what might be eating them?
Thanks much
Gene

[puzzley]

Sounds like a caterpillar of some kind. Scratch around in the loose dirt around the stem, and see if you turn up the culprit. Maybe a cutworm...

[kz2zx]

I had a tomato moth/texas horned worm eat up a sweet cherry plant and a half over last weekend. My wife said she never even saw it - it's the size and length of her index finger (and the same color green as the pepper plant). She was pretty freaked when I showed it to her. The kids all thought it was cool. I thought it was a pest, and dropped it off down at the green/park down the street.

[habitat_gardener]

In my cold frame last month, slugs demolished two 4-inch pepper plants overnight. They didn't care for any of the hot peppers, though, and so far the larger pepper plants are surviving.

[veggie babe]

I've had the same problems with my peppers recently. I blamed the destruction on the young ducks and geese we just released, they are eating everything. I will check closer tomorrow for worms I did not see any today but you guys are making me very paranoid.

Neva

[prizebull]

Thanks for all your help! I got 4 slugs in the beer and no more plant damage.I put Sevin on the plants just for added safety .I syre don't want to lose any more.
Thanks again
Gene