And I just did another exhaustive search for cutworms. I left no leaf unturned.

A large healthy hornworm can take out many leaves a day. You might want to look for this guy.

That is what I have been looking for with no luck. I swear, I have physically touched and looked at every inch of all my plants.

The same thing happened to my cherry plant this year. Every leaf gone within a couple days. On the happy side, only a couple days later, it was filled with new leaves. It's coming back beautifully, and I didn't do a thing. Give it a chance to come back, it may surprise you.

arivaraci, I don't have a good idea of how big your plants are. If there are many leaves, my following suggestion might be worthwhile. Sometimes if I suspect a hornworm is responsible for the damage, I'll look for the "evidence" it leaves behind, then look straight up. They are usually not far from their waste, and the waste drops straight down and lands on leaves below.

Also, these guys start out tiny, almost impossible to find. Then grow A LOT.

Thank You for your answers and ideas. I hope I can catch it before more damage is done.

Deer are upsetting me for munching near my garden. Probably going to lose some fruit to those jerk-deer.

I had 7 good size tomatoes eaten by deer the night before last off my deck. They ripped the branches off and the leaves. I've moved my plants (topsy turveys) to my upper deck and am blocking the steps at night with furniture. It was so distressing to find my plants in that condition! I'm now surfing the forum hoping to find out if it is ok to cut back the bare branches and if my plants will survive. There are still some tomatoes on the lower branches. Good luck to you. The deer where I live are eating everything, including my Geraniums,zinnias and forsythia.