Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
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- Subject: Re: CULT:Insect Predators of Borer--Circa 1928
- From: "* G* C* <j*@erols.com>
- Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 18:46:22 -0700 (MST)
Henryanner@aol.com wrote:
>
> Greetings:
>
> I have found a scrap of information about possible natural insect predators
> of borer . . . These are Apenteles militaris Walsh and Amblytekes jucundus
> Brulle. Both are hymenoptera belonging to the superfamily Ichneumonoidea.
> both are recorded as parasites of the army worm Cirphis . . .
Well, friends -- Even for a dedicated irisarian, this is getting a
little boring (no pun intended, of course), so, I issue a challenge:
"Our armyworms in serried ranks assembled,
They never flinch and they conceal it if they do . . . "
A rhizome of his or her choosing (from what is in my gardens) goes, next
July, to the first lister who correctly identifies the operetta from
which the above snippet is taken and supplies the original word for
which "armyworm" has been substituted."
Griff Crump, along the tidal Potomac near Mount Vernon, VA
jgcrump@erols.com
