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Jun 15, 2014 8:55 AM CST
Name: Kayleigh
(Zone 5a)
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As I was cleaning up my Iris cutting off dead blooms, I found a few patches of eggs. I searched online for what Iris borer eggs look like, but couldn't find any photos closeup enough to actually see.

I brought the fans with the eggs in the house. They began hatching out this morning and I had lots of little black *insects* crawling on my counter, though I didn't get a photo of them because I was squishing them. Below is a photo of an egg patch that hasn't hatched. They appeared to turn from white to black right before the insects appeared. So this patch is yet to hatch, and though very tiny, I'll try to get a photo of the insect if possible, unless someone already knows the answer. [Harmful or beneficial?]

Thanks.


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