Pearson 1985 Bamboo Oct 20. Went up to the marked patch on Caro Otto, Little change since last autumn, Collected 6 damaged shoots (or dead) and looked for insect predators. All should predator damage but no cellfrits present. One 3-foot shoot: → on the inside of the curve (caused by the insect damage) is a longitudinal groove 4 to 5 mm wide and groove continuous from one joint to the next, but towards the base, each segment has only a partial groove and a cracks, New leaves forming on the outside of the bud. Another specimen as at right → the curved-grooved part completely covered by culm sheaths all the way around. This specimen seems to have escaped the predator. The parts with the short [illegible] nodes, such as the curve, have [illegible] culm sheaths many layers deep. The insect tracks cut through the several layers. Oct 22 - Sho floo, Clump between marked clump A and path, mature culm leaning into marked clump. note 10/11 1½ m up, 16 branchlets, marked 57 leaves with black Sharpie pen. Culin marked with Aluminum tag, Color about 14 ft.