Catapillars killing my plant?

[bigben2057]

I have a hibiscus plant and recently notice the leaves hot hole in them and it was dying and i re potted it today and found a removed a bunch of caterpillars i wanted to know if they were killing my plant?

They look like this picture http://www.pestsupplycenter.com/products-by-target-pest/lawn-garden-pest-products.html

 

[burnedrose]

quite possibly. Hibiscuses are very finicky plants and caterpillars are notorious for being plant destroyers. My go-to pesticide for removing caterpillars is spraying the plant with soapy water. FJust wash it down before reintroducing it into the cham cage.

 

[ChameleonNerd]

you've got grubs

 

[bigben2057]

There killing my plant right?

 

[pssh]

They are beetle larvae. They probably chew on the roots/stems and the adult beetles more on the leaves/flowers.

 

[cloverthechameleon]

hibiscus are realy hard to care for and have alot of problems it could be pillar or insects but it also could be anything i dont recomend hibisus

 

[suzi]

I have to switch out my hibiscus or they die, they require a lot of natural sunlight. Even with my gro lights they don't do well without natural sun.

 

[bigben2057]

Mine did fine until a few days ago and when i re potted it they had eaten alot of the roots.

 

[snipeusa14]

I use pothos in all of my cages
And they do great I havnt changed is yet and it's been 2 months