hi there docwayne and welcome. Wish it was under nicer circumstances we got to meet.

When I have huge holes and plants eaten up completely, I can be sure to find the huge grass hoppers around. You will never catch THEM while they are eating.

But there are other bugs that eat your brugs. Like the green worms who are hiding under the leaves. Very hard to find and see. They blend in perfectly. Sometimes it takes me DAYS to find it after seeing more and more holes appear.

Eventually they somehow stop and the brugs grow into nice plants after all. I hope it will be that case for you also

Good luck
Lucy

If they are almost completely defoliated you might look for a hornworm. They are incredibly well camouflaged and very difficult to spot.

Mine are also eaten by some type of caterpillar, they leave behind huge poop piles. I don't know if the systemics would taste bad and they eat rather fast so I'm not sure that it would affect them until after the damage is done. Sorry about the frustration, but these beautiful plants are bug magnets for me too:)

do you have earwigs or slugs where you are???
they feast on some of my brugs...