Charles,

Not completely mistaken.   My original point was the adult SHB do not scurry into a cell just before it is capped to lay their eggs in a cell.... in looking at my previous reply to the original post on this subject,  I did not make it clear that is what caught my eye on the original post which prompted me to reply.

You are correct, the SHB do ovideposit through a cell wall.  However I do not believe they lurk and wait just before the cell is capped and scurry into it to lay their eggs.  So I regret not being clear and concise enough.  However, I am not the first on this forum to commit that particular error and probably will not be the last.

For everyone -  The below is very good fact based SHB Handbook published by Clemson Univ (Dr. Jamie Ellis participated in providing input to it and is listed as one of the sources).  I made a tinyurl out of the original url, as it was way to long to post.

http://tinyurl.com/zwzrdv2

Steve

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