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Purple Cone Flower (Echinacea) > Holes in leaves

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  • Checkerspot 1
    Credit: Jeff Hahn
  • Checkerspot 2

    Credit: Jeff Hahn

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green arrowCheckerspot butterfly caterpillar

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  • animal damage 3
    Credit: B. McDonough
  • animal damage 2

    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

  • animal damage 1

    Credit: Michelle Grabowski

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green arrowDeer, rabbit and other animal damage

  • All of large sections of leaves are cut off and missing, leaving only a stem or petiole (leaf stalk)
  • Animal foot prints or dropping near plant
  • Often happens suddenly, overnight
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  • Hail 1
    Credit: Mary Meyer
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green arrowHail

  • Ragged holes in foliage
  • Appears suddenly, after sever weather
  • Affects very local area only, sometimes individual plants show damage
  • Plants outgrow damage, leaves produced after hail event are undamaged

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