David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu
For the last Guess The Pest on July 5, we had photos of damaged drip lines. One was more of a rounded hole while the other seemed to be a bit more of a flat burst hole. Congratulations to Aaron Doll and Cory Showard for logging in their guesses. I truly do not know exactly who done it. The round hole could be the work of wireworm; others blame mole crickets. To my knowledge, the last published report on protecting drip lines from wireworms was done in the 1970s and used lindane. I and others are interested in trying to set up some sort of test for wireworm protection, both of transplants and drip lines this fall, I welcome your ideas.
This week, we encountered this critter feeding on eggplant (though not nearly as abundant as CPB). Who is it?
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