Re: bug?


I see a lot of talk about this Scimitar, can anyone tell me more about it
?

Greg Z
Mystic, CT
On Mon, 7 Jul 2003 19:34:31 -0400 "David Wronski"
<mwronski81@comcast.net> writes:
> Dave,
> 
> It sounds to me like the SVB... are you spraying... they hatch the 
> eggs on
> the under side of the leaves, they can lay many eggs, one on each 
> leaf, then
> they burrow down the stalk to the vine.
> 
> I use Scimitar to control them, this is the only thing that worked 
> for me, I
> was infested with Vine Borer and tried everything to no avail.  
> Warrior T
> will also work, but you will need a license to purchase it.
> 
> Good luck.....
> 
> Dave
> Sterling, MA
> 8 seasons growing AG's
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "david rathbone" <david.rathbone@sympatico.ca>
> To: <pumpkins@hort.net>
> Sent: Monday, July 07, 2003 7:23 PM
> Subject: bug?
> 
> 
> > I found a large red bug flying around my plants this afternoon.
> > Elongated red body, red head and blackish wings. It seemed to be 
> flying
> > around depositing something on the underside of stalks. Is this 
> one of
> > the dreaded SVB bugs or something else?
> >
> > I didn't want to take any chances so I squashed  it.
> >
> > Dave in Hamilton
> >
> > 
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