I just returned from vacation to find my wax peppers in terrible shape. It looks like someone/something ate half of each pepper from my three plants. Or could this be caused by disease/fungus?

The damage happened in only 7 days - some of these days were very hot here in NJ.

I have flamingo and cayenne peppers in close proximity with no signs of trouble.

Can anyone suggest what caused this? I'd like to avoid the same problems/mistakes next year.

Photo attached.

Thank you.

Bob

Warren County, NJ