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#**+####@??/ Critter
To: "Dick E Bir" <r*@fletcher.ces.ncsu.edu>, "Dick Brooks" <a*@juno.com>, "John Bearden Brown" <j*@ww-interlink.net>, "Mike Creel" <c*@scdnr.state.sc.us>, "Ian Donovan" <i*@gis.net>, "Rob Eisenberg" <k*@aol.com>, "Don Hyatt" <d*@thor.tihsst.edu>, "August E. Kehr" <a*@juno.com>, "Bill Klippel" <w*@tds.net>, "Kathy Kron" <K*@mta.wfu.edu>, "Duncan McAlpine" <s*@eskimo.com>, "Sandra F. McDonald" <s*@exis.net>, "Larry T Mellichamp" <f*@email.uncc>, e*@bones.brinet.com, "Patricia J Phillips" <p*@aol.com>, "April Sanborn" <a*@wcu.campus.mci.net>, "Betty Spady" <b*@aol.com>, "Thomas E. Hughes" <h*@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: #**+####@??/ Critter
From: "* C* <a*@brinet.com>
Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 20:40:58 -0400
Resent-Date: Sat, 12 Sep 1998 17:51:43 -0700
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Just a note to let you all know where we stand
regarding the azalea seed pod problem.An entomologist has suggested the insect
may be a Eurytomid seed chalcid; a tiny wasp with parasitic ancestry that has
become a seed specialist. He gave me the name of another entomologist that may
have studied the same insect and I have recently sent her a e-mail message and
am waiting for a reply.AND last Monday I went to Copper Bald to check the seed
crop and the first seed pod I picked had no visible hole and when I broke it
open the stinker was there. A very small larva about a 1/4 " long. I then
found several pods with the insect still inside. I will send them off when I get
a reply. Keep your fingers crossed.