euonymus leaf notcher is swarming MD,VA

Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b)

Today we noticed these small moths swarming all over the hedge. Its a recently identified Maryland and Virginia non native pest that will strip euonymus. Here's my bugfiles entry for it. Interestingly, I had the comment that that swarmed on the same date , Oct 30, last year too. I now have a reason to feel OK about not getting around to pruning these hedges earlier this fall; now when I prune I'll be getting rid of some of the eggs.

Oops, I ,eant to put this link in to Bugfiles-http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/go/865/

This message was edited Oct 30, 2007 11:03 PM

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West Pottsgrove, PA(Zone 6b)

Does this mean it's time to move the clocks back? What kind of Euonymus is it eating?

Metro DC, MD(Zone 7a)

Huh. Interesting. I'll keep my eyes peeled.

Anne Arundel,, MD(Zone 7b)

I have the old evergreen Euonymus, japonicus? but I think it eats the other kinds too, In fact I did notice a wild burning bush that got stripped this year in my fence line, so I guess that was good news.

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