Yellow spots and shriveling leaves?? can any one help

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

you say ants, and i know some species of ants hang out where there are aphids...

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:D

Problem is, aphid damage is generally right at the base of the petiole where it attaches to the plant, and the peppers and tomatoes that I have seen carrying a heavy infestation have simply dropped leaves when the aphids got bad- there were no visible chew marks on the leaves, because as you posted, aphids have SUCKING mouth parts.

This really does look like the damage of an insect with larger CHEWING mouth parts, such as a grashopper or caterpillar, although damage associated with the latter is often simply half-round missing chunks of the leaf.

In these pictures you can see shiny,silver like circles.These circles are caused by insects sucking the chlorophyll from the leaf.The shiny circles are the newly "sucked" areas,later turning brown,then if enough damage caused killing blade or entire leaf.You can see this in all the pictures but even more clearly in the the last two posted.I just woke up and called out aphids due to the ant population, and that the aphids suck rather then chew.I doubt now that it is aphids cause you would have noticed them on the inderside of the leaves.So...next bug up , Thrips. These bastards work fast, make the same damage you have ,and the best part adults have wings.This may be why you don't see them cause they fly off.Look on the underside of infected leaves,if you see small black specs(bigger then spider mites)those are the turds from the thrips.Thrips can also carry and transmit
plant disease.

Thrip damage is very distinctive. It appears as tiny, almost silvery trails less than 1 mm wide and only a couple mm long. Damage is usually most obvious on lowest leaves. You may see the thrip larvae on leaf surfaces; they are about a mm long, pale, and look like a splinter. That is certainly not from thrips.

Next? :D

The insect that leaves silvery trails is a leaf miner. Leaf Miners on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

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Originally Posted by stinkyattic

It appears as tiny, almost silvery trails less than 1 mm wide and only a couple mm long.

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Leaf miners leave LONG trails or even maze-like patterns.

Can you post some close up pictures of the the underside of the leaves please.

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Originally Posted by Uncle E

In these pictures you can see shiny,silver like circles.

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sorry i should have said this before , but the color in real life was yellowish brownish, but the flash made it look like its silver

thanks for the info stinkyattic and Uncle.... you guys sound like scientists haha

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Originally Posted by Uncle E

Can you post some close up pictures of the the underside of the leaves please.

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yea i'll try to get the pictures up in a few hours because I have to go somewhere with my family soon.

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Originally Posted by kaj621

. you guys sound like scientists haha

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Guess what.... I AM a scientist in 'real life' lol.... and used to work for an entomology lab! :D I <3 creepy crawly things!

I still think that's just the grasshoppers having a snack. You get any more damage?

Ill post up pics later there hasn't really been anymore damage, but can i still have a good harvest even after the bugs?