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  Alocasia borer?
From: "Petra Schmidt" petra at plantdelights.com> on 2002.10.30 at 17:02:25(9593)
Has anyone seen a borer or cutworm problem in Alocasia? I'm looking at a
shiny black caterpillar-type thing that is eating the core of the Alocasia
stem area...
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From: Lowell McCormick LOWELLMCCORMICK at compuserve.com> on 2002.11.04 at 21:10:20(9600)
>> >Has anyone seen a borer or cutworm problem in Alocasia? I'm looking at
a
shiny black caterpillar-type thing that is eating the core of the Alocasia
stem area...
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From: "Petra Schmidt" petra at plantdelights.com> on 2002.11.06 at 18:09:18(9605)
Thanks, Mary, for your response...an entomologist at NCSU identified this to
Bellura moth larvae and said he's seen it before on other aroids...
Petra

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