How bamboo pests work together....
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How bamboo pests work together....
This is a bamboo bat.
The article says the opening may have been created by beetles.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... n%26sa%3DG
The article says the opening may have been created by beetles.
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl= ... n%26sa%3DG
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Like Kyuzo (pictured above) in "The Seven Samurai," I've "...Killed (more than) two..." bamboos.
RE: How bamboo pests work together....
How cool. I want one. But none of my culms is bigger than 1/4" diameter, so the bat would have a real squeeze to make a home inside.
Interesting how a live culm can get split by beetles.
Interesting how a live culm can get split by beetles.
Cady G.
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"Killed two..." -- Seiji Miyaguchi/Kyuzo
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
That was the greater bamboo bat.
This is the lesser bamboo bat.
You can almost hear him squeaking, "Let me outta here. Let me outta here!" Cant you?
And this is the Lesser Flat-headed bat:
This is the lesser bamboo bat.
You can almost hear him squeaking, "Let me outta here. Let me outta here!" Cant you?
And this is the Lesser Flat-headed bat:
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
These are ALSO bamboo bats:
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Like Kyuzo (pictured above) in "The Seven Samurai," I've "...Killed (more than) two..." bamboos.
RE: How bamboo pests work together....
LOL
Guess there is plenty of room in the world for the Chiroptera kind of bamboo bats, and the Louisville Slugger type too.
Guess there is plenty of room in the world for the Chiroptera kind of bamboo bats, and the Louisville Slugger type too.
Cady G.
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"Killed two..." -- Seiji Miyaguchi/Kyuzo
RE: How bamboo pests work together....
How does the bat fit in as being a pest of the bamboo?RE: How bamboo pests work together....
RE: How bamboo pests work together....
I would not be surprised if those bats actually make a meal out of the beetles that do the damage to the bamboo.
That's the way Momma Nature works things.
MarCat
That's the way Momma Nature works things.
MarCat
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Re: RE: How bamboo pests work together....
Echolocation causes topkill.Arkiboo wrote:How does the bat fit in as being a pest of the bamboo?
Brad Salmon, zone 12B Kea'au, HI
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
Echolocation causes topkill.
That one cracked me up.
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
It is also a pest of a psychological nature.
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
Here's one of the bamboo rats that does underground damage to bamboo plants.
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STFU Motto: All Bamboos are not Created Equal; @ STFU, the Search Continues
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
THose rats aren't too pretty either.
Now it's time to play:
Bamboo friend or foe?
"Insectivora"
Now it's time to play:
Bamboo friend or foe?
"Insectivora"
RE: How bamboo pests work together....
Duh, she's friend. She cultivated bamboo in the jungle.
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RE: How bamboo pests work together....
Beneficial insectivora. Probably a graduate of the world-famous sideshow school.
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