oh I am so sorry Kristy. But you are NOT ALONE" right now there are so many hungry bugs out there :-( But I do not think that PM eat anything but their partners and bad bugs lol
Hope you find the culprit (spelling?)

Maybe cucumber beetles? I had spotted & striped ones & they chowed down big time.

Linda

This is a bad bug. Its eating holes in everything. I smashed one and left its dead body to warn the others, lol. They better get out of my yard when I go to smashing bugs with my bare fingers its getting desperate, lol. I found a dang grasshopper in the front yard too. It was weird colored. I thought it was the brown praying mantis when I took the pic then when I came in I saw what it was now I can't find it again. Dang!

Sorry to hear you are getting some unwelcomed guests. I do hope you can get to them before they do more damage. That's heartbreaking. :(

I know what you are talking about but don't know the name and they are evil. Daniella where are you? We need a bug ID.
Karyn

Here is a link that might be useful: bug id site

Is this it?

Here is a link that might be useful: bug

Here is the evil bastage.

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Yep...Cucumber beetle...Squish him...Squish him good!!!

Yep, I have them too!!!
I was wondering what they are, eating holes in my brugs
too! So aggervating!

Karen

Spotted cucumber beetle. I have striped ones too. They aren't usually on the same flower. They ruined most of my pictures this year. Last year, I don't remember seeing them at all (& they weren't on the cukes I planted). They get smart & you have to hold your hand under them when you go to squish them because they will just drop off.

Linda

yup dang cuke beetles...If you look at my post with pix I just put up last night, there is one in my triple yellow dat. Man those guys eat so much so FAST!!!!! They don't cooperate much when you are trying to catch them, lol. I think they know that if I get them they are fish food!!

I agree.. cucumber beetle..I have been fighting the little bastards all summer.

I saw one and only one not too long ago. I didn't do anything because I thought it was some sort of ladybug. Darn it, I hope it's not hiding somewhere multipling. I'll know next time, it's a bad bug. Kristy, I hope you get every last one of those darn things.

Deb

Oh, lovely I just read they transmit bacterial wilt. They better stay away from my squash. I got 3 of the little suckers last night and a new crop of green worms exploded with the rain. Are these things ever gonna finish for the year? I don't mind as much for the leaves to have holes but when they eat the flowers it makes me mad. I have another big bud on Naughty Nick and I swear if they get that one I'm gonna spray every bug spray I can find on them, lol. Been trying not to spray for anything other than mites and have left those alone too since the praying mantis moved in.

I smashed one and left its dead body to warn the others

lol@fool4flowers

Ladybugs are round-shaped. These things are long beetle-shaped critters. Do a search on ladybug & check out the pictures so you know what to squish. Their larva look like little black orange alligators.

We should all know our local bugs - the good & the bad ones. If you leave the bad ones & kill off the good ones, you will have real problems (personal observance - bad bugs multiply 3 times as fast). During the winter months when you can't go outside, educate yourself so you'll be ready next year.

Linda

They fooled me. Last year they had stripes, lol. I don't kill any bugs until I find out what they are or I actually see them eating my flowers, lol. Leaves I can deal with but not the blooms I have waited so long for, lol. I actually took one at the shop and put it on a plant that had aphids, lol.