
And the problem is, I have no idea what the culprit is. So far it has been a matter of elimination.
The passionfruit eater:
- especially likes tender young shoots (*sigh*)
- is not regularly diurnal- I have never spotted anything on the leaves other than two spiders
- is either quick to hide at night or an infrequent visitor- torchlight expeditions have yielded nothing
- is probably not a possum or mouse, as some of the damage is to one surface of the leaves only
- is not lured into a beer trap- so unlikely to be a slug or a snail?
-may be responsible for defoliating these bok choi seedlings and all my carrots and radishes that were in the vicinity...

The best our local garden centre has offered is "caterpillars" and a box of Dipel (anti-caterpillar bacteria) which I may yet crack open.
Any ideas??
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