Do False Katydids (Phaneropterinae) Eat Pepper Plants?

[DocNrock]

I haven't seen them near my pepper plants, but it seems they do eat leaves. I saw one on my screen door a few weeks ago and killed it. I had never seen one before and thought it was a locust, which I'd also never seen before. I just found another one tonight on the wall by the back porch light and killed it. Then I looked up locust on Google and saw that it wasn't a locust. After searching for a bit, I found it was a false katydid (phaneropterinae), and that they do eat leaves, but couldn't find anything specific to pepper plants.

Anyone ever caught one of these things in the act of munching on a pepper plant?

 

[SocalChilehead]

Yea had them my first year they do damage to the leaves and stems of the plants, but don't bother the peppers from my experience with them

 

[DocNrock]

Yea had them my first year they do damage to the leaves and stems of the plants, but don't bother the peppers from my experience with them

Thanks for the input. Glad I killed them.