Re: Attack of the blister beetles

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] Attack of the blister beetles
• From: Cathy Carpenter c*@insightbb.com
• Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 17:11:53 -0500
• In-reply-to: 007301c5849b$72d6bc40$010f120a@U0N15001S
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In a nutshell, they "mob" a plant and start munching. If I don't  
catch them in time, the entire plant will be defoliated - this time,  
the leaves lost only 1/3 of their area. It is curious that the only  
clematis they have attacked are the Clematis fremontii and the non  
native C. montana...

Cathy, west central IL, z5b

On Jul 9, 2005, at 10:32 AM, Chapel Ridge Wal Mart National Hearing  
Center wrote:

> Cathy, what does the damage look like from blister beetles?
> Kitty
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Cathy Carpenter" <cathy.c@insightbb.com>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, July 08, 2005 7:59 PM
> Subject: [CHAT] Attack of the blister beetles
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>> Was out today and noticed my native "bush" clematis were crawling
>> with blister beetles, munching voraciously. Hit them with insecticide
>> - no other choice - if I hadn't caught them when I did, the plants
>> would have been defoliated by tomorrow. It is the only time I've had
>> to use it this year, but it was clearly a case of kill or be killed.
>>
>>
>> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
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