"Tellurian" writes:
Thanks for the response. We have actually found both the green larvae and
the adults. Since we don't use poisons we have been picking them off and
using the old fashioned "squash" technique to try and limit the numbers for

If you are able to pick them off, then apparently I was wrong to guess
that they were inside the bean pods. If these are grubs on the leaves,
and they are a type that will turn into moths, then you should be able
to get rid of them using Dipel or the new improved formulation that
Graham Ross (of Ch. 7's Ground Force) recommends, Success.

These are not pesticides, they are a bacteria that attacks grubs that
are programmed to turn into moths or butterflies. The bacteria is said
to be harmless to everything else, including humans.

The main pest that I've seen on beans here is the green shield beetle.
These are often found on the plants "stuck together" in a distinctive
tail-to-tail position, begetting more of their ilk I guess. ;-)
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