iris borer moth- undercovers?
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- Subject: iris borer moth- undercovers?
- From: "* L* <V*@calc.vet.uga.edu>
- Date: Tue, 4 Nov 1997 16:06:47 -0700 (MST)
How do iris borers first get into a brand new garden of iris rhizomes
if they never "even attempt to fly?" Are we to believe that moths
crawl from *wherever* to a new iris bed? We live about 8 miles from
the nearest garden of any kind [really hermits] and yet tomato
hornworms and cabbage loopers found our first veggie garden in 15
years.
I think these guys must be flying around eating lots of other stuff
just hoping someone might plant an iris. Knowing alternative food
sources might help us eliminate the borer by eliminating the " "
sources. Am I onto something here?
Virginia middle Georgia zone 7/8
"... and remember that the moths emerge from the ground up, which
would trap them under the cloth, with the irises. If the moths reach
new egglaying sites by crawling (I've never seen one even attempt to fly),
the cover would be ineffective. Bill Shear Department of Biology
email<bills@hsc.edu> "
