That's not an iris borer, Gabe. That's not to say that the little rascal wouldn't chew on your iris, though ! The way I understand the iris borer life cycle.....the moth lays her eggs on the iris leaves (or surrounding vegetation) and, when they hatch...if the borer is on an iris leaf, he starts eating his way down to the rhizome....if he's NOT on an iris leaf....he has a little silken "thread" that he can use to "para sail" with, hoping to land on an iris. I *think* they always start "high" on the fan (or , at a "leaf tip"....probably because that area is more 'tender" for their little baby borer teeth
! After he eats his way into the rhizome....where the pickin's are really good, he either pupates there, or, eats his way out of the rhizome, and pupates in the nearby soil. When the moth emerges from the pupa, the cycle starts all over again.
