Re: Rebloom
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- Subject: Re: Rebloom
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- Date: Mon, 10 Nov 1997 17:38:00 -0700 (MST)
>
> JForte21@aol.com wrote:
> >
> And those miserable bugs that look
> > like green lady bygs have been chewing all my iris flowers, so I
suspect they
> > are the pollinators...
>
> Those green lady bugs are probably Cucumber beetles (don't know the
> scientific name). Light green with black dots. Yes, they will eat the
> petals. The only control I use is to catch them and squish them between
> my fingers.
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> Rick Tasco
> Superstition Iris Garden
> Central California
I agree with Rick. These are Cucumber Beetles. In Kentucky, they
were a serious pest on Reblooming Irises. Sevin will kill these bugs, but
I would usually knock them into a jar of soapy water and drown them instead
of dusting poison all over the place. I rather get them that way, because
Sevin is EXTREMELY TOXIC to Bees.
Mark A. Cook
billc@atlantic.net
Dunnellon FL.
