My cold house grown Lophs have been maimed by some critter eating big, hearty lumps out of them. There are no traces of snails so I expect the culprit to be a grasshopper or bush-cricket trapped in the house.
Maimed Lophophora williamsii (SB 854; Starr Co, Texas)
Lophophora diffusa (JR; Higuerillas, Queretaro) remains
The plants above were sown May 1, 2004 and have grown in the cold house since. Some of this year’s Lophophora seedlings were also taken out by the “unwanted guest”.
I’ve wrapped the pots in horticultural fleece and hope this will keep the culprit out in the future.
Album der natuur. 1894 (added: 11/19/2024)
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*Publication Info:*
Haarlem :A. C. Kruseman ,1852-1909.
*Call Number:*
QK1 .A3655
*Contributing Library:*
Missouri Botanical Garden
1 hour ago
When I saw those I almost cried. Some bird has been munching on my San Pedro's, so I feel for you. I hope you find the creatonous pest that has commited these atrocities.
ReplyDeleteThsi litle pest you have is a vine weevil. best to get out at night and grab him with the tweezers .they crunch very satisfyingly.sometimes can be found hiding under plants or in topping gravel during the day.also i have grasshoppers jumping around my collection sometimes in summer but they have never eaten a cactus
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