The Black Cutworm larvae are are light gray to black and about 1½" long when mature. Covered in convex skin granules, which gives them a shiny and greasy appearance. Lush, green fields of winter ...

Black cutworm moths are on the move from southern climes to northern fields, based on pheromone trapping that’s currently underway in parts of the Midwest. While the pest has had little to no ...

It is time to monitor cornfields for western bean cutworm moth eggs in around northeastern Colorado now. According to Colorado State University Extension historic data, the moth population will peak ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - If moths have swarmed in large numbers around your home or neighborhood, you’re not alone. Viewers have been reaching out to 12 News about the large number of these nocturnal ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. prill / iStock / Getty Images Plus Cutworm is a generic term referring to the caterpillar of various moth species that attack ...

University of Missouri Integrated Pest Management has issued its first pest alerts of the growing season. MU Extension state field crops and forage entomologist Ivair Valmorbida says corn and wheat ...

One of the key pests in our region is the Western bean cutworm (WBC). WBC feeding can reduce the quantity and quality of dry bean and corn crops. Typically, control is achieved with a foliar ...

Early western bean cutworm instars (left) lack the identifying black rectangles that develop with older larvae (right). (Purdue Entomology photo/John Obermeyer) Download Photo WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...

We recorded the first intense capture of black cutworm moths last weekend at a location just southeast of Quincy. The past few years we've placed traps in four locations in Adams and Brown counties. I ...

Army cutworms have been spotted in Kansas and Nebraska crop fields recently. This is an important time to scout for this pest, particularly in wheat and alfalfa. Of the many cutworm species in ...

Question: Carol, each year, toward the end of the summer, I usually find a few cutworms in my hanging baskets and color spots on my deck. (They usually are geraniums and petunias). Last year, I had ...