Alexcpdk Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have found my Cobra like this in my greenhouse. No other plants is attacket. What kind of animal would do this, this time of the year? Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 slugs or snails? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeadlyCarnivore Posted February 18, 2017 Report Share Posted February 18, 2017 Caterpillars? Come out at night and you will probably find the thing eating itSent from my SM-G935V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 It looks rather like small wasps that cut pieces of leaves to make their nests. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 a bit early for leaf cutter bees i think Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexcpdk Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Is snails activity when it is freezing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tatter Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 could be small slugs hatched in recent warm spell (they lay eggs in sphagmum ) so always check late autumn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecpman Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 I would say Slugs as I'm having the same problem and caught one in the act yesterday Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 surprising where they can hide and how active they can be in greenhouses Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kisscool_38 Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 3 hours ago, ada said: a bit early for leaf cutter bees i think I have already seen new holes drilled in my pots. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ada Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 Its still to early here Aymeric,and cold,i think its the same for denmark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partisangardener Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) Its a mouse from the way the marks look. A bird is also possible, but in a greenhouse? Edited February 19, 2017 by partisangardener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexcpdk Posted February 19, 2017 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 37 minutes ago, partisangardener said: Its a mouse from the way the marks look. A bird is also possible, but in a greenhouse? There is some time birds inside the greenhouse, i have the Doors open most of the time. But why should a bird do this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partisangardener Posted February 19, 2017 Report Share Posted February 19, 2017 (edited) They are probably looking if something is inside. I have seen this in the garden. In my case it were Paridae, the traps looked empty to me. This ripping around the holes is an indicator mice nibble more. Slugs never rip and the edges are smoother. The first one could have been a slug. The other ones only if the slug had a sledgehammer or a crowbar. Edited February 20, 2017 by partisangardener Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicat Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 I bet it was the slug with the sledgehammer again! I'm seriously so curious now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deltatango301 Posted February 20, 2017 Report Share Posted February 20, 2017 Maybe these slugs are adapting to the cold weather Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz Posted February 21, 2017 Report Share Posted February 21, 2017 Although we're already seeing slugs in the garden here that doesn't look like typical slug damage to me and I'd go along with partisangardener's mouse suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danthecpman Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Normally mice would go straight for the good stuff at the bottom, nothing more disheartening than finding pitchers flopped over because of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
partisangardener Posted February 25, 2017 Report Share Posted February 25, 2017 Only if the already have this habit. But I tend more to the birds. They are very often doing damage like this for no apparent reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gricey Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 had a few similar holes and a couple of pitchers bent over and found a beetle in the base when re potting. Also had a bad time with European Earwigs (Forficula auricularia). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loakesy Posted April 13, 2017 Report Share Posted April 13, 2017 My money is on slugs/snails or caterpillars! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Party_Gecko Posted August 27, 2017 Report Share Posted August 27, 2017 my plant had very similar damage to the two newest pitchers i grow it outside Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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