Have I done the right thing?

[Bigmallly]

I know this is beastie related so Mods please move if you think it should be moved::::::: Shop bought Ramiro peppers that I took seeds out of, the leaves started with pinholes then developed into large chunks taken out of the leaves. Tonight I decided that I would take all of the infected leaves off the plants & discovered one of the peppers had a hole in it, when I split the pepper open, it had a beastie inside. Did I do right by removing all of the partially eaten leaves as I am hoping to overwinter a couple of the plants. sorry for the poor quality of the beastie, it has now gone to meet it's maker. Thanks in advance.

[Nicos]

Hmmm..I've moved this to pests


I'd be really miffed if my peppers had those inside them

[rana]

Maybe it's something about Ramiro. I have got similar looking beasts in my greenhouse munching through my tomatoes and Ramiro peppers. It is surprising how much they can eat as my first suspicions were of mice.

[SarzWix]

We've had those a few times We've come to the conclusion that they come from some kind of moth because they don't seem to appear in the back-garden greenhouse if it gets closed every night.

[Bigmallly]

Thanks, maybe that is the answer. Will start closing the greenhouse door.

[Snadger]

Ray Mears would look upon it as a delicacy!