Re: Help! Holes in rhizomes, semi -serious

LINDA,
Do you mean saddlebacks instead of packsaddles?  I have experienced cuts 
and stings on several occasions from saddleback caterpillars.  They are such 
otherwise attractive creatures that I wouldn't harm them.  I thought they might be 
Luna moth (my favorite Lepidoptera) caterpillers.  I now know that they 
only turn into a brown moth that has no attractive features that I know 
of.  They certainly like to eat iris leaves.  I guess it cuts down on 
what must go to the landfills.
Phyllis Soine
Zone 7 on the banks of the James River where it is supposed to get to the 
mid-30's tonight, earlier than usual and I wonder what I should have done 
in the garden before tomorrow.
wsoine@gems.vcu.edu
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