Re: Warrior-T, Sevin, and Methoxychlor vs. Squash Vine Borer Moths

George:
       Curious ! Why not kill the moth ?


At 04:22 PM 6/29/00 -0400, you wrote:
>In a message dated 6/29/00 4:09:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>Brad2julie@aol.com writes:
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>Subj:  Warrior-T, Sevin, and Methoxychlor vs. Squash Vine Borer Moths
>Date:  6/29/00 4:09:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time  
>From: Brad2julie@aol.com
>Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
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>Hey Group,
>Here in Indiana my buddy Jim Gatewood and I have conducted
>a couple of independent experiments on live captured SVB moth's. In the
>first experiment Jim tested both Sevin and Methoxychlor. The second
>experiment was mine with a different SVB moth today using Warrior-T.
>In the first experiment Jim added Sevin to the container and let
>the Moth cover itself with the product. After watching the Moth for a while
>with no affect he then added Methoxychlor. Still NO AFFECT! After taking
>some pictures of the Moth Jim placed the Moth back in the container and went
>to bed. When he woke up in the morning it was STILL ALIVE! (Tough little
>buggers aren't they??!!)
>Today about two weeks later I captured a live healthy Borer Moth of
>my own. BOY WAS I HAPPY! I have been waiting to do an experiment of my own
>for some time using Warrior-T. I placed the moth in a Ball pint glass sized
>container. Then I went to my mini-Barn and removed several drops of the
>premixed Warrior from the container. I then added it to the container for a
>minute, long enough for the Moth to cover itself with the product, and then
>removed the rest of the warrior form the container. What happened soon after
>this was amazing. After 30 seconds the Borer was visibly irritated. Within
>two minutes the Moth was on its back convulsing. Within 5 minutes it was
>DEADER THAN A DOORNAIL!
>I can't explain how happy I was to see this. The last two years I
>have lost my plants to the pests. Hopefully this year will have a different
>ending. I may stll lose my plants to something else but not the SVB.
>
>Brad Walters
>Greewood, Indiana
>
> >>
>Those products are meant to be ingested by the larvae they are not intended
>to kill the moth.
>
>
>George Brooks
>North Tewksbury, MA USA
>Approximately 25 miles Northwest of Boston
>in the Merrimack River Valley
>Zone 5N
>Personal Bests
>617.6 1991
>641 1993
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Thanks,
Bill Van Iderstine
Personal Best 862
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