Re: Fw: CULT: aspects of rot - long/ souces
- Subject: Re: Fw: [iris-talk] CULT: aspects of rot - long/ souces
- From: b*@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2002 01:16:29 EDT
In a message dated 9/18/2002 10:25:17 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
donald@eastland.net writes:
> One item in the article caught my attention especially. That is the one in
> reference to substances in some insects saliva that triggers the growth of
> protective chemicals for the plants benefit. I wonder if my grasshoppers
> have a substance that suppresses the protective reaction.
The Lubber grasshopper is the only grasshopper I could find that emits a
toxic substance. <A HREF="http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:z_hfQrPRjPMC:www.sccf.org/Insects/insects.htm+grasshopper+saliva+toxic&hl=en&ie=UTF-8";>Insects</A> (scroll down towards the bottom end)
As for getting rid of the grasshoppers, I would go, forget that, I would run
to the nearest Agway and buy a large bag of wild bird seed for a variety of
birds. And strategically place the seed near the irises and grasshoppers. Do
you know that birds love to eat grasshoppers. "Perhaps the best known example
is the arrival of gulls to save crops in Utah from the Mormon crickets
(Forbush 1907)" <A HREF="http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:Hcswp11gnrEC:www.sidney.ars.usda.gov/grasshopper/Handbook/I/i_10.htm+grasshoppers+and+birds&hl=en&ie=UTF-8";>Grasshoppers: Their Biology, Identification and Management:
HANDBOOK - I.10 Bir</A>
Margie Brown, NE Long Island, NY
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