Re: ORNAGE MOTH
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- Subject: Re: ORNAGE MOTH
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 Jun 1997 21:11:38 -0600 (MDT)
rimat wrote:
>
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I visited a neighbors iris garden a few days ago and noticed several
> orange and brown moths fluttering all around the plants. Is this what
> produces borers or is this just a pretty and harmless addition to the
> garden? I have one of these at my gardens.
>
Hi, Rima -- The borer moth is a night flier, I read somewhere. I
believe I have seen it occasionally clinging to a fan in the daytime, a
mottled gray and black. The little orange and brown ones that you see
are, I believe, harmless.
Griff Crump, alomg the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
