Key Features
- Green grasshopper-like insects
- Small non-descript holes
- Chewed leaves
Symptoms
Isolated holes chewed on tender leaves or flowers of a wide variety of shrubs in late May and early June. Adults may feed on tougher leaf tissue. Rarely if ever cause significant damage.
Biology
Wintering as eggs on twigs they hatch into grasshopper like nymphs in spring. Become adults in summer and lay eggs on twigs or leaves. Actively feed at night.
Management Recommendations
Damage is too sporadic to warrant control.
Effective Pesticides
Pesticides are neither available nor recommended for managing this pest.
Resources
- Not satisfied with ID? Contact the Purdue Plant and Pest Diagnostic Lab
- Sign Up for the Purdue Landscape Report
