Re: iris seed weevil

 

On the bright side, my biodiverse pesticide-free herbicide-free garden hosts a healthy population of Mononychus vulpeculus apparently.  ;-)
 
I. versicolor is supposed to be the native host. They are awfully cute little guys.
 
And whatever that bug is that keeps decapitating my Echinacea tenneseensis flowers.... OMG i want you dead!

I call them deer! Seriously, though, perhaps stalk borer, Papaipema nebris? Cool group of moths that are mostly host-specific on a wide variety of species from Silphium to Sarracenia, but that one is a generalist on a bunch of prairie plants (and their replacement, corn). Apparently it's on the increase as a garden pest.

Sean Z

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