Re: CULT: pest

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Griff, it looks like common stalk borer (NOT dreaded iris borer) or some
other kind of moth larvae. Common occurrence here. I did a lot of
stalk borer hunting last summer and it seems to have helped a lot here.
They often hit the stalks as well as pods. When I only have a few
pods, I sometimes do surgery to get out the larvae - razor blade or
scalpel the hole big enough to find the larvae, then fish it out with
forceps.

They eat and damage some of the seeds, but not all.

> Has anyone seen this sort of thing before? First time for me. I hit it with bug spray as soon as the first hole appeared, but it apparently didn't phase them. -- Griff
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> Zone 7 along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, in Virginia

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