I would suggest planting more seeds if possible. Bean sprouts are delicious to various pests.

yeah ive replanted once but looks like im going to have to plant a bunch more.

Since beans grow so fast anyway, plant away! I just had the leaves eaten entirely off one of my bean plants yesterday. If you want to keep them safe, until they get larger, cover them with a lightweight cover. I use a summer-weight, mesh-like cover for other veggies I grow, and I just put them over my beans last night. Just use something to support the cover, so it doesn't lay on the plants.

If you mulch them the sow bugs will live off the mulch rather than the bean plants. They prefer partially decomposed mulch anyway. And if you seed them much closer than in the pic then you can thin out any damaged ones and still have plenty left to grow.

Or you can use Sluggo or one of the other iron phosphate baits as they work just as well on sow bugs.

dave

can i mulch before the seedlings come up? im going to have to reseed some parts of the rows, which is why i ask

That's a LOT of eaten leaves. Nothing subtle there. I'd go out there at night with a flashlight and see who's partying.

i did.....nothing

Yes you can mulch lightly before they come up. They push trough most mulch with no problems. And then increase the mulch to the full thickness after they are up.

Dave

I've got earwigs galore this year! Looks kinda like that! NT