What's eating my Peppers

[Jonnyt]

This year I've grown two pepper plants and every single pepper has has a hole inside. What pesky creature is causing this and how do I stop them?

Whatever it is they have left my chillis alone


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[elleme]

I had the occasional snail on mine - holes were a bit bigger though.

[teakdesk]

I can see that there are leaves that have also been eaten from the edge inwards... I'd associate that with a caterpillar type bug.

Have you checked under all the leaves?

[roitelet]

If it is caterpillars you probably won't see then 'cos they are living very happily INSIDE the peppers !!!!

[Potstubsdustbins]

There is certainly a moth caterpillar that does the same thing to tomato's.

[NatalieCooke]

One of the plants has the same problem but I only have a hole in one the peppers.
I think I should be ok to eat. Although I did read online that something could have lied eggs inside the pepper.....!!!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Or if its a caterpillar it will have pooped every where. For the sake of one pepper throw it on the compost heap.

[RedThorn]

I had similar and it was an earwig type bug....

[lottie dolly]

I caught a little bright green caterpillar red handed this morning,curled over the edge of a half bitten leave,looked at the others,still holes but nothing to see,them's very sneaky,also caught a big fat orangy brown slug in the poly,aprox 2.5 feet up the melon plant,clinging to a melon,thought i was seeing things,fortunately no marks on the fruit,