my burning bush is on someone's menu...

i have a dwarf burning bush (euonymus alatus compactus) that something appears to have taken a liking to...
i do not physically see anything on it... checked underside of leaves too...
not sure what slug-work looks like*** , but went out at night to check and didnt see any...

any thoughts would be appreciated !

top side of one:


bottom side of same:



and a couple others... one with a side nibbled off as opposed to just holes:









***i do however know what slugworth looks like...



he pulled up in a van once when i was a kid and offered me an everlasting gobstopper...  

  

no educated guesses ?

Almost looks like roach burns.

But if all you have is a few leaves, each with A hole in them, I'd guess you're not infested.

If I recall my Master Gardener classes on garden pests, it is snails and slugs that put holes in the interiors of leaves. Beetles start chewing at the edges.

thanks jim... i will check again for snails/slugs...
i reckon that just because i didnt see 'em the first time, doesnt mean they aint there.

hey M... what kinda roach burns you talkin' about ?     

Uh oh. Did I just throw you under a bus. Maybe a chartreuse micro bus full of long halted friends of Jesus?

M. Frary wrote:  Uh oh. Did I just throw you under a bus. Maybe a chartreuse micro bus full of long halted friends of Jesus?

sheeeee-it man... wouldnt be the first time  

and is that a micro-bus full of micro-dot manipulated messianic messengers ???   

The very same.

That first and largest hole looks like from a leaf cutter bee. My roses get them too often.

thanks jim... i will check again for snails/slugs.

In the daytime slugs often are found on the undersides of pots -- often scrunched into the drainage holes. But again, if you leaves aren't looking like a colander, I would't waste too much worry on it.

Precarious wrote:That first and largest hole looks like from a leaf cutter bee.  My roses get them too often.

Don't think it's leaf cutter bees. They generally make very smooth cuts along the edges of the leaf. See, for example:

https://www.google.com/search?q=leaf+cutter+bee+damage&biw=1108&bih=642&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ei=dFUPVJ-cOYSjyAT6x4HgCw&sqi=2&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAQ

They seem particularly fond of redbuds around here.

My guess is snail/slug damage.

i thought this was a dead thread, fred... i guess that poink88 guy got to you, eh ?

i did end up setting a slug trap (a cap full of beer) as suggested by one of our club members...
but the free beer seems to be attracting more slugs

in all seriousness though, i have to agree that it doesnt look like leaf cutter bees,,,
jim - i have to do some pot shuffling, so i will take a look as you suggested

thanks !

I hope you used Coors or any of the Light Beers. It would be a shame to waste GOOD beer on slugs.

JimLewis wrote:It would be a shame to waste GOOD beer on slugs.  

perish the thought !

silly slugs get swill to slug...
(say that 3x fast)