Re: HYB: iris borer in seed pods
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HYB: iris borer in seed pods
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- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 1999 00:22:16 -0400
From: "Michael D. Greenfield" <redear@infinet.com>
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> From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
> To: iris-talk@onelist.com
> Subject: [iris-talk] HYB: iris borer in seed pods
> Date: Monday, July 19, 1999 5:33 PM
>
> From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
>
> Well, well, well, guess what I found in a seed pod this evening? A very
> unwelcomed visitor indeed! A small caterpillar/worm/critter, which I am
> guessing to be an iris borer larvae, had set up residence in a seed pod.
> It had partially dined on 3 seeds, and totally devoured another......it
> burrowed and dined upon seeds in 2 of the 3 chambers. Fortunately the
> dozens of other seeds appear perfectly healthy.
>
> Is this common? I've never heard of it before.
>
I have had it happen several time and it was a borer. They have a pink cast
to them, more so as the get older 3" +
Mike Greenfield
redear@infinet.com
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