Irises: pill bugs are eating my iris, 1 by NeilTR

NeilTR wrote:
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Do your holes look like this picture? I have this problem with new rhizomes from the West Coast just planted when it's hot and dry here. By the second year, they've toughened up and are no longer full of moisture so I never see it in older plants. I have had to put comet with bleach on the chewed parts during their first winter here to keep the spots from rotting.

The culprit for me is cutworm. If you go out VERY early in the morning you might see them before they go back into the soil.