Date: Fri, 22 Dec 2000 09:41:35 -0500 From: "Steven Stewart" <steven.stewart@worldnet.att.net> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg3683$foo@default> Subject: Grasshoppers
Hello again,
Here in Florida, we have many assorted insect problems. Nylon netting is
great for a temporary fix. It is sold in reams or rolls very cheaply in
discount stores here in the US. White nylon netting will allow light through
while keeping larger insects away. I need to use it in the spring and fall
to keep the Sarracenia from over-eating "love-bugs", which fill the
pitchers, and promptly rot inside making a memorable smell. An interesting
note on grasshoppers, I have put many healthy large, healthy individuals
into mature Nepenthes bicalcarata pitchers, and have never seen one escape
or damage my plants in any way. This Nepenthes species has tough leaves and
I have not ever seen an insect eat them. Scale insects can attack them, but
I haven't seen any grasshopper, or other leaf eater damage- yet.
Take care,
Steven Stewart
> Subject: Grasshoppers!
> We have a plague of grasshoppers here in Tasmania at the moment, so much
so
> that a few dozen jump in front of your feet every time you take a step. In
> the last couple of weeks they have started eating most of my CPs and
> orchids!!! :(
>
> I have a bog full of Sarrs covered in holes, and some of my soft tender
> orchids have only leaf veins left...
>
> I can't spray, as more just move in from the garden overnight... Needless
> to say there is no room in the house for my collection. Has anyone ever
had
> this problem before?
>
> Miguel de Salas
> mailto:mm_de@postoffice.utas.edu.au
>
> School of Plant Science,
> University of Tasmania,
> GPO Box 252-55, Hobart,
> Tasmania, Australia, 7001.
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