Sorry,  I'm not reassured.
Tom

Subj:   Re: [IOWA-NATIVE-PLANTS] Fw: Warning    
Date:   3/6/2006 4:25:13 PM Central Standard Time   
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Here’s an article that may or may not calm everyone’s fears:
<A HREF="http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp">http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/household/termites.asp</A>.  
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Caroline Dieterle [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Monday, March 06, 2006 3:50 PM
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Subject: [IOWA-NATIVE-PLANTS] Fw: Warning
 
Some really bad news about an invasive pest:


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-----Original Message-----
From: [log in to unmask] [<A HREF="mailto:[log in to unmask]">mailto:[log in to unmask]</A>] 
Sent: Sunday, March 05, 2006 5:06 PM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Warning

If you use mulch around your house be very careful about buying mulch this 
year. After the hurricane in New Orleans many trees were blown over. These trees 
were then turned into mulch and the state is trying to get rid of tons and 
tons of this mulch to any state or company who will come and haul it away. So it 
will be showing up in Home Depot and Lowes at dirt cheap prices with one huge 
problem; Formosan Termites will be the bonus in many of those bags. New 
Orleans is one of the few areas in the country were the Formosan Termites has 
gotten a strong hold and most of the trees blown down were already badly infested 
with those termites. Now we may have the worst case of transporting a problem 
to all parts of the country that we have ever had. These termites can eat a 
house in no time at all and we have no good control against them, so tell your 
friends that own homes to avoid cheap mulch and know were it came from.

Here's the link:<A HREF="http://www.agctr.lsu.edu/en/environment/insects/termites/formosan_termites/">
Click here: LSU AgCenter . Formosan Subterranean Termites Portal</A>

  





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