Re: Re: OT:self-promotion

Hi Bill,

Then I must have created my own problem. The one thing we have not had around here is moist soil, except where I water. They must have all flocked here to lay their eggs. At least they are not locusts. I have found a few in the past and they are huge. Mom and I put one on a big head of lettuce and it consumed the whole thing in an hour. Then it shed it's skin and was even larger. We then put it in a box where it had no food and a moth later it was still alive. I would sure hate to see thousands of those invade the countryside again like they did at the end of the dust bowl.
Wendy
----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Bill Shear 
  To: IRIS 
  Sent: Friday, April 05, 2002 6:04 AM
  Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: OT:self-promotion


  On 4/4/02 2:43 PM, "Racheal Nekuda" <lilylvr@kansas.net> wrote:

  > Bill,
  > I have been finding an unusual worm type critter in the soil this spring that
  > I have not found before. There are really a lot of them. They are an inch and
  > a half long and fat looking. They are a dark dirty grey color and have a
  > fringy look around what seems to be the posterior end. They are soft and move
  > like earth worms but seem to have pretty tough little bodies. Sort of like
  > rubber bands when I try to squeeze them to death. Could these be 7 year locust
  > larva? I worry about the locust coming back as the weather has been excellent
  > for them to do so.
  > Wendy Zone 5 KS.
  > 
  > It is warmer today than yesterday but was 22 last night and still pretty
  > breezy.
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  These are probably cranefly larvae, often found in moist or wet soils in the
  spring.  They feed on organic debris and so far as I know do no harm.  The
  adults look like giant mosquitos (long-legged weak-flying insects) but are
  likewise harmless.

  Another possiblity is horsefly larvae, but these usually don't have the
  "fringe" at the back end.

  In any case, nothing to worry about from a garden standpoint.

  Bill Shear


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