I't would be cool to have a video cam on it to catch the culprits. That damage looks similar to the earwig damage I was having about a month ago. I'm not saying that's what it is, only that the damage is very similar. I'd still rather have some leaf damage than the damage that caterpillars or mites cause to the flowers.
Was checking on the girls during the hottest part of the day yesterday for dehydration or adverse effects from the recent feeding. One of those little bastard wasps flew into the top leaves on the Idunnoes and took out a chunk. I guess I'll consider it their wages for their bug hunting services. I have seen an odd earwig in the branches here and there so I'm sure they're taking a paycheck as well. I have a f^ck-ton of predators on my girls this year though I might have lost a few when I pulled the shade cloth. I'll dust the soil with DE if the earwigs are becoming too much of a nuisance.
I absolutely agree, predator damage is much better than having mites but I'm suspicious that I might have them again. Just moved last month so I had to hunt through some boxes for my jeweler's loupes today but was already too overheated to get back up there and pluck some test leaves. Will do it in the morning after I water. I had aphids this year and I think they were the big draw for the predators. Mites don't seem to attract them much. Will do another
Spinosad spray tomorrow evening. It doesn't appear to hurt most of my predators. I've had lacewings, mantids, beetles, earwigs, wasps, ladybugs, and even birds hunting on them. So, as long as the Borg don't show up again I have enough help to keep my insecticides to a minimum. That's great cause
Azamax is expensive and I'm pretty poor this year. Fingers crossed that I don't find mites.