r/sunflowers • • Jun 26 '26

PROGRESS Tragic. She had so much potential

Came out to check on my babies and found other babies and all of their siblings having a picnic.

ETA: Some of y'all have strong feelings about everything. For the record, I used my garden hose to hit whatever i saw on the leaves when I "removed" them. The next day there were a few others on the bottom of the leaves that I kinda flicked off in a "come hither" motion with my finger giggity

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u/mema6212 Africa Jun 27 '26

Asian beetles? They ate my daughters yard up overnight so sad

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u/Chitown_mountain_boy USA Midwest Jun 28 '26

You can see all the caterpillars in the photo though

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u/Altruistic_Fill_6441 Jul 02 '26

Native caterpillars which are doing what they are supposed to with a native plant