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Common Pests Found on Swiss Chard Bugs that attack Swiss chard, for example, are equal opportunists. Some, such as blister beetles, love the veggie as do leaf miner larvae. Lygus bugs and their nymphs feed on the leaves and the buds of flowering plants.Click to see full answer. Correspondingly, can you eat Swiss chard with holes?Cosmetic damage is just that – especially if you are harvesting for cooking greens. Once the greens are cooked, no one will be the wiser that there were holes in the leaves! Chard can be used in place of spinach in any cooked recipe.Beside above, do slugs eat chard? Insects and diseases rarely bother Swiss chard. If aphids infest older leaves just discard the leaves. Slugs chew holes in chard leaves; you can control the slugs with shallow pans of beer sunk to ground level or non-toxic iron phosphate slug bait. Just so, what’s wrong with my Swiss chard? Fungal Swiss chard diseases are the most common culprits responsible when your plants fall ill in the garden. Cercospora Leaf Spot – This fungal disease tends to affect lower leaves first. You may also need to thin out the Swiss chard leaves. Water at the base of the plant and avoid wetting the leaves.What is eating holes in my lettuce?These small holes are telltale signs of the cabbage worm. Actually, the are several insects that cause this type of damage and are generally referred to as ‘cabbage worms’. The adults come and lay their eggs on the leaves of cabbage, leaf lettuce, broccoli, cauliflower and kale and other leafy greens.

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