Re: More on Hosta Chewing Insects


In a message dated 6/18/2002 8:16:06 PM Central Daylight Time, Gardeningbuff@aol.com writes:


What can be done to rid the area of these?


Many people think they eat only offal and rotted material, but, alas, no--they eat greenery and will take down an emerging hosta in record time!
Sevin--spread it around base of the hosta plantation.If you go out at night with a flashlight , you can see them--like an army of mini-tanks with the millipedes close behind like some prehistoric invasion.
Clyde C.


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