pests Sun scald or pest?

[Gargoyle91]

Found these pods today at 1st it looked like something was eating it then i thought what on earth would be munching on SB MOA's, 
 

 

[charlesquik]

wow if its a bug I bet he died instantly from capsaicin 

 

[tim storey]

sunscald   hate it !  I have to get a 60% shade cloth   more prevalent on sweet peppers  in my experience.

 

[Shorerider]

Bugs don't taste the capsaicin/heat, neither do birds, only us mammals do.


SR.

 

[The_DoGMaN]

Check your garden for tomato horn worms.  I had one do that to a couple of my morugas earlier this year before I found him and evicted him from my garden.

 

[Gargoyle91]

Bugs don't taste the capsaicin/heat, neither do birds, only us mammals do.


SR.

 
You learn something every day!

 

[FROG DOG]

if it was a bug, the middle pepper was the first one it bit into, then the right one, then the left one......R.I.P. bug

 

[hogleg]

I'm with Dogman, looks like possible hornworm damage from over here.

 

[Kikaida]

I third hornworms...

 

[charlesquik]

Bugs don't taste the capsaicin/heat, neither do birds, only us mammals do.


SR.

They dont feel the pain but capsaicin is still a "toxin" wouldn't it hurt them without them knowing?

 

[hogleg]

They dont feel the pain but capsaicin is still a "toxin" wouldn't it hurt them without them knowing?

 
Some animals are immune to the toxin like birds and most bugs. I'm curious about fish? Possible shark repellent??

 

[Shorerider]

They dont feel the pain but capsaicin is still a "toxin" wouldn't it hurt them without them knowing?

Well, besides the pain we feel when consuming/expelling a pepper, they don't cause us any harm. From what I understand, the heat is there to discourage mammals from eating the peppers as the digestive tract of a mammal could cause the seed not to be viable. A bird on the other hand renders the seed almost certainly still viable after consumption, and upon exit, adding a little fertilizer to help.

Bugs would seem to only eat the flesh and not the seeds but I have no firsthand experience with this so couldn't say for sure.

Hogleg, if a shark were to spit me out after taking a taste test while I was out diving, I need not wonder why. I'll just make sure I load up on chilli the night before a dive.


SR.

 

[stoney's_ghost]

Wish I was a bird :-)

 

[charlesquik]

Well, besides the pain we feel when consuming/expelling a pepper, they don't cause us any harm. From what I understand, the heat is there to discourage mammals from eating the peppers as the digestive tract of a mammal could cause the seed not to be viable. A bird on the other hand renders the seed almost certainly still viable after consumption, and upon exit, adding a little fertilizer to help.

Bugs would seem to only eat the flesh and not the seeds but I have no firsthand experience with this so couldn't say for sure.

Hogleg, if a shark were to spit me out after taking a taste test while I was out diving, I need not wonder why. I'll just make sure I load up on chilli the night before a dive.


SR.

I say that because ive heard story about people destroying their stomach by eating super hot so can it cause a little harm?

 

[Shorerider]

I say that because ive heard story about people destroying their stomach by eating super hot so can it cause a little harm?

You can also drown by drinking too much water.


SR.

 

[LUCKYDOG]

Buggy

 

[JoynersHotPeppers]

I just killed 3 hornworms and plucked a pod with damage just like OP.