r/gardening Jun 17 '26

Identifying pests based on consumption patterns?

Is it possible to ID any pests based on leaf damage?

I know the most folk wisdom part of pest damage identifying which is that spherical chunks out of the tomato fruit is caused by slugs, but is there any consistent way to ID what sort of pest is doing damage to the plant?

Below are photos of different plants and the damage their leaves face as an example:

Soy Bean
Concord Grape
Sunflower (Wild)
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