pest Is This a Ladybug?

[timh59]

Something is eating little holes in my pepper plant leaves, this is the only bug that I’ve seen.

 

[timh59]

I just spotted this tiny blue bug, maybe he’s the culprit?

 

[timh59]

Flea beetle?

That particular one has been sent to flea beetle hell.

 

[thoroughburro]

For my grow, those pinprick holes, if they don’t develop further, are always caused by being sprayed by bits of dirt and debris from the lawnmower. They’re like micrometeorites through a solar sail.

Fortunately, they’ve only been an aesthetic problem for me.

 

[Downriver]

The first bug is a Spotted Cucumber Beetle.

Can't really see the second bug, but sent elsewhere is probably a good idea.

 

[timh59]

The first bug is a Spotted Cucumber Beetle.

Can't really see the second bug, but sent elsewhere is probably a good idea.

So both of them are bad, then. The second one is right above dead center of the plant, little round, iridescent blue ball. I'm pretty sure it's a flea beetle.

 

[Sulsa]

+1 on the flea beetle!
Little f###### have destroyed many of my cabbage and radish seedlings in the past in my vegetable garden.
Out here they tend to emerge in dry periods in spring and they really can damage the leaves till the seedlings just give up. It is easier to control them in pots than on open ground i guess...