Re: Re: Birds eating Iris seeds

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There was a statement by Tony Huber in his SIGNA article on Iris
versicolor a few years back. But it was a speculation. Not a confirmed
observation. If there is a similar statement from Rodionenko I'd like
to see it. But I believe that iris borer is a North American pest. I
don't think it is in Europe.

Chuck Chapman

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From: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
To: iris-species <iris-species@yahoogroups.com>
Cc: Diane Whitehead <voltaire@islandnet.com>
Sent: Sat, Jan 11, 2014 3:15 pm
Subject: Re: [iris-species] Re: Birds eating Iris seeds

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Yes, I just read about it last week. By Rodionenko, I think. Canada
geese eating the pupae of iris borers and inadvertently gobbling seeds
at the same time, so the iris gets spread as the geese migrate.

I'll look up where it was. Probably in a SIGNA article.

Diane Whitehead