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I did that once for a county agent and found many May beetles.
TG
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From: "Raby, Brian" <brian.raby@roche.com>
To: "North American Fruit Explorers" <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 2:15 PM
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] What's eating apple leaves?


> Don't know if they exist in your area, but when I had an internship in 
> Traverse City, MI (cherry capital) a local farmer that I lived near tried 
> to establish a new orchard and was constantly battling climbing cutworm. 
> They would only appear at night, climbing and eating the leaves down to 
> the nub.
> Take a flashlight out with you when its good and dark and see if you find 
> any creepy crawlers on the trees
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org 
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Jay Cutts
> Sent: Thursday, May 20, 2010 1:16 PM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: [NAFEX] What's eating apple leaves?
>
> Help.  I've got a young Yellow Transparent apple that has been trying to
> put out leaves for a month now and they keep getting eaten by something.
> I haven't seen anything eating it. We don't have animals that would
> browse it. No deer.  And it's not rabbits because there are actually
> more leaves at the bottom than at the top. I'm thinking grasshoppers but
> it's still cool here at 7000 ft and I haven't seen grasshopper activity.
>
> Any ideas of what's doing it and how to combat it? The trees been
> putting out new attempts at leaves but can't keep that up forever.
>
> Regards,
>
> Jay
>
> Jay Cutts
> Director, Cutts Graduate Reviews
> Lead Author, Barron's Test Prep Publications
> 800-353-4898 day or eve, 7 days
> (In NM, 505-281-0684)
>
>
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