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Well, it could be slugs, but I think it's something more.

The ends of the leaves have been chomped.... Kinda like how rabbits chomp. But rabbits wouldn't make holes in the middle of the leaves like that. What other critters do you have in your area?

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Snails,or possibly cutworms? Cutworms are easy to find...scratch the soil around the bottom of the plant just below the surface to find those gray 1/4" thick 1.5" long uglies. Or go out at night with a flashlight to catch them in the act. There is great satisfaction in finding them and squishing them. They ooze green from eating those hosta leaves. (Glad I have latex covered garden gloves.) Hmmm, you just made me wonder why our snails don't turn green...

-Babka

Snails and Slug damage is one of the reason Hostas
aren't recommended for most areas in Texas.
Drought, heat and lack of chilling hrs being the others.
I'm guessing someone will say they do fine, but for every
success in Texas there're 10 failures.

And other herbivores.

I have had more snails this year than ever before. I guess they went wild in our wet winter this year. I crushed 100 just this morning. I have applied bait and used the ammonia spray. I sometimes find cutworms, but the snails do most of my damage. For every 50 snails I find one or two slugs. Death to all garden mollusks!!
Mary

those are cutworm holes ... in mels pic ....

scratch around like a chicken.. in the first half inch of soil .... no more than 6 inches from the crown.. and you will find a 3/4 inch soil-brown worm in the soil ...

i throw them in the lawn.. presuming the birds will get it.. or slice it in half with my trowel ...

if i were a chicken .... i would just eat it ..

sevin works.. if you want the go the chemical route...

no more than one or two per plant.. and frankly they will mutate in a week or two.. and all the leaves that follow will not be impacted... ergo.. i see no real reason to poison mother earth ... in my garden anyway

ken

did you find them??

did you eat them???

did you go buy a chicken??

wandering minds want to know.. lol ...

ken