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I've noticed this beetle on in our Fava beans. They crawl out and fly away, leaving perfectly circular little holes. Any idea what they are and what they do? Besides the little hole, the beans seem A OK. I can't post images but they're little dark beetles, maybe 3 millimeters long. |
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The two insects that I know of which would do this are leaf cutter bees and flea beetles. If the bug is in fact a beetle then it’s most likely a member of the leaf beetle family. By the looks of it neither is considered harmful, just a nuisance (though I wouldn’t mind having the leaf cutter bees in my garden for pollination). |
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I saved beans from the spring crop for future seed in a bag and beetles are now emerging from them. They have the same size and shape as summer bean beetles, but darker color. In past i just save the seed in an open container, and I knew there were larva in the seed from the holes in the beans, but the seed still sprouted so I didn't care. |
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As they've been causing so much havoc, I've been doing more research and found out that they're not bean beetles. They're bean weevils: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bean_weevil That picture of what they did to the beans is exactly what's going on with our favas. Really damaged this year's crop. Now it's time to research organic controls! |
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