runner bean leaves and flowers eaten by minute jumping caterpillars

[vegelady]

Help - my runner beans are being eaten away, all flowers are disappearing, the leaves are a network of threads, mostly up 3-5 ft high, bottom leaves are fine. I have inspected and removed a little bit of black fly but there are minute green bugs which when I touch the leave fly/jump away and I cant catch them but desecrating my beans! Any ideas what they are and how to get rid of them please - they may be misleading and it is something else eating but this is all i could see with my torch last night!
thanks
Alison

[rustylady]

Caterpillars don't jump (at least not any that I've seen). No idea what your bugs are - any chance of any pictures? The sort of damage you describe sounds more like something bigger is causing it.

[hoot]

i am no expert on this but if you take away the caterpillars pogo sticks it may cure your problem.

[King Carrot]

whatever they are they're full of beans