Re: CULT: Borer wannabes
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Borer wannabes
- From: "* M* C* o* B* S* <s*@aristotle.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 09:27:55 -0600 (MDT)
>I'm not "Southern" but I wonder if this could be a variety of wireworm.
>It's an immature click beetle, and your description sounds similar to
>the critter that I found in my horseradish. It devastated the older
>roots but left the new ones alone.
>
Duane, are click beetles those skinny blackish brown guys that hop about
making a snapping sound? If so, I find those things in the summer. Perhaps
my fan-rooting wirey grub is an immature click beetle. Thanks.
I can just see Bill Shear rolling his eyes over these sloppy descriptions.
Sorry, Bill! Ain't got not book know-how 'bout insect creeters.
celia
storey@aristotle.net
Little Rock, Arkansas, USDA Zone 7b
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257 feet above sea level,
average rainfall about 50 inches (more than 60" in '97)
average relative humidity (at 6 a.m.) 84%.
moderate winters, hot summers ... but lots of seesaw action in all seasons
