@Linda...just curious. Did the parrot actually eat any of the bulb, or just shred-and-fling? I've lived with parrots before, and often the fun for them was all about biting and dropping rather than swallowing whatever they might have been playing with. erik <><><><><><><><><><><><><><><> “I know of no restorative of heart, body, and soul more effective against hopelessness than the restoration of the Earth.” —BARRY LOPEZ” On 19 December 2016 at 01:24, Ernie DeMarie via pbs <pbs@lists.ibiblio.org> wrote: > Hi Dennis, > Possibly this critter is the culprit, link right from our own PBS site. > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/index.php/… > > > Ernie DeMarie in NY where the bulbs that are blooming are inside, namely a > spiloxene, several oxalis spp, lachenalia viridiflora, Hesperantha > hantamensis, a couple of Massonias, Lapeirousia plicata, and Walleria > gracilis. > > > - > > HOLY CRAP!!! I cut into my bulb and found live caterpillars inside. > GROSS! What are they?? I never heard of anything in Ohio that would > eat a Hippeastrum bulb from the inside out. YUCK. > > Dennis in Cincinnati > > > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/ > _______________________________________________ pbs mailing list pbs@lists.ibiblio.org http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/