Re: [aroid-l] Alocasia borer?

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 +More ----- Original Message ----- To: Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:10 PM Subject: Re: [aroid-l] Alocasia borer? > >> >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... > Petra << > > Sounds like an armyworm larvae. They are indiscriminate feeders and > can devour a tremendous amount of plants in a short time--usually your > favorites. > > Once I had an orchid just beginning to bloom and just before each > bloom opened it disappeared overnight. I finally caught it by going out at > 12 A.M. with the flashlight and caught it eating the next blossom. > Needless to say, it didn't live to finish its meal. > > Mary Elliott > Z8B > > > E-mail from: Lowell McCormick, 04-Nov-2002

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