Re: CULT:clover and irises
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- Subject: Re: CULT:clover and irises
- From: B* S* <B*@hsc.edu>
- Date: Fri, 1 May 1998 08:26:04 -0600 (MDT)
what other plants does the "iris borer" infest? We can't remember
>digging up an iris clump in an area of dense weeds/grasses that had been in
>that location for years that had a borer infestation. Why not? Do the weeds
>and grasses protect the iris in some way from the borer? Or is it that I have
>just never found an old neglected clump of iris with an infestation?
>
Despite some old reports of iris borers in things like columbines, etc.,
there is no reliable current information that they infest anything but
irises. I suspect that weeds and grasses may act as mechanical barriers to
the moths, which would rather walk than fly, but that would be a very minor
effect. More likely your experience ust is not representative.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<bills@hsc.edu>
