So hopefully he (or she? ) is guarding my
plants.
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'She' by the look of her. (Betcha didn't think i could tell from here....) The female is considerably bigger and will actually rip the males' head off and eat him in order for them to mate. Don't you just love dominant women?????
Going back to your original post, the caterpillar was probably the culprit. Though it is a bell
pepper and the leaves are not much good to you anyway. As long as they are not in large numbers, If you see the critter, ( the caterpillar ) keep an eye on it and see what it does. They sometimes turn into the most beautiful moths or butterflies and for the price of a few
pepper leaves are well worth the wait.