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Irises
sirmatthew

Green worm in my iris buds!!

14 years ago

I had a couple iris buds not opening, and I thought it was, perhaps, frost damage, as we have had really bizarre weather - 80's (in NW IA) and then down in the 40's a few days later and then 27 for a low a couple of nights - while these were forming, but the others were coming out of it, and so I snapped one of the buds off as it seemed to be oozing a clear liquid out of it. I tore it open, and inside was a green caterpillar, and I double checked that is it NOT iris borer - it is as green as the leaves! And there were what appeared to be aphids, but are what I think could be larva - yellowish orange, and quite small. Any ideas? I'm just sick! These are my babies that I grew from a cross of Edith Wolford!

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