Re: Iris borer
- To: i*@Rt66.com
- Subject: Re: Iris borer
- From: C* H* <b*@freenet.toronto.on.ca>
- Date: Tue, 7 May 1996 13:07:01 -0400 (EDT)
On Tue, 7 May 1996, Simone Clark wrote:
> Could somebody tell me what an iris borer turns into? Is it a moth, a beetle
> or something else?
>
Chris replies:
The iris borer grows and matures as a larvae while it eats the rhizome, it
then leaves the rhizome and pupates in the nearby soil where it hatches into
an adult moth. This is a seldom seen nocturnal grey-black moth
which then lays its eggs in late summer on garden debris or handy iris
plants. The eggs overwinter and in the spring the cycle begins again...
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Chris Hollinshead e-mail: bu336@torfree.net
Mississauga, Ontario Canada
