Re: OT: Bill Shear quote
- To: i*@onelist.com
- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] OT: Bill Shear quote
- From: D* K*
- Date: Fri, 1 Oct 1999 20:40:28 -0400
From: Dennis Kramb <dkramb@badbear.com>
> "Daddy longlegs are not spiders at all, but a separate order
>(Opiliones) of arachnids called harvestmen," explains Bill Shear,
>....
>I know this isn't about irises per se. But as a boy I played with
>these things being taught (correctly, it seems) that they were a
>harmless and beneficial creature and only recently was told they
Yup, they eat aphids. So they are very good for our irises!
Dennis Kramb; dkramb@badbear.com
Cincinnati, Ohio USA; USDA Zone 6; AIS Region 6
member of AIS, ASI, HIPS, SIGNA, SLI, & Miami Valley Iris Society
primary interests: ABs, REBs, LAs, Native SPEC and SPEC-X hybrids
(my gardening URL: http://www.badbear.com/dkramb/home.html)
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