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Re: Re:Iris Borer Eggs


I too am gratefull for your photos.

To elborate  on  my ideas. I beleive that in our colder climate that  some boreres pupae overwinter and hatch in the spring, different then the regular cycle of hatching in fall and laying eggs at that time. 
I disscused this with Bob Hollingworth  ( an entemologist sp?) in some detail and he indicated that the evidence that I had would support such a theory. I  havn't followed up, as you have, with capturing some pupae and holding them over. I really should do that to see if I can get some moths that hatch in spring.

Chuck Chapman
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: rives@rogers.com
To: iris-species@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 11:53 AM
Subject: [iris-species] Re:Iris Borer Eggs

I'm certainly interested, I'm just not very conversant.  ;-)
 
I posted a bunch of borer images last year, but I can't figure out how to send a good, small image to the list - my software changed when I got the 'new' machine.  So there are bad small images instead.
 
Chuck Chapman and I have been comparing our borers' activities back and forth over the last couple of years.  His feelings on the hatch process were different from mine, but I'm coming around to his viewpoint - that there are two distinct cycles, one in the early spring (May around here) and one in the late spring (mid June).  As opposed to two generations within the same year.
 
That certainly is a borer moth btw, and the best image I have seen to date.  I've tried saving the pupae (successfully) in order to get an excellent image of the moth, but they always beat themselves to death first.
 
Special surprise for the end of the year... we have snow and frozen ground!  It's one thing to have a green Christmas, quite another to have thawed ground as well.
 
Best regards,
 
Sandy Ives in Ottawa

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