Empty pea pods - Ask Extension
Something is eating the peas right out of our pods, pods are left. Peas all gone!!! What is doing this?
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Empty pea pods #876793
Asked July 11, 2024, 9:36 AM EDT
Something is eating the peas right out of our pods, pods are left. Peas all gone!!! What is doing this?
Polk County Oregon
Expert Response
The larvae of the Pea Moth (Laspeyresia nigricana) will burrow into pea pods and eat the seed. Information in the link below:
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/hosts-pests/pea-green-dry-pea-moth
The larvae of the Seedcorn Maggot (Delia platura) will also do this sort of damage:
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/common-vegetable/vegetable-crop-seedcorn-maggot
The other possible pest of pea seed is the Pea Weevil (Bruchus pisorum):
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/hosts-pests/pea-green-dry-pea-weevil
If you have images of the feeding damage you can post, that would be helpful in determining if any of these pests are responsible for this damage.
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/hosts-pests/pea-green-dry-pea-moth
The larvae of the Seedcorn Maggot (Delia platura) will also do this sort of damage:
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/common-vegetable/vegetable-crop-seedcorn-maggot
The other possible pest of pea seed is the Pea Weevil (Bruchus pisorum):
https://pnwhandbooks.org/insect/vegetable/vegetable-pests/hosts-pests/pea-green-dry-pea-weevil
If you have images of the feeding damage you can post, that would be helpful in determining if any of these pests are responsible for this damage.
Hello Neil,
So, this problem seems to be not random.
It was throughout the entire row of peas.
Wouldn't this say it was possibly something other than a pest?
Maybe the soil?
The seed?
Pollination?
A virus?
I'm sorry I don't have a photo to share with you.
Thanks for the info you sent!
Carolyn
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