Cutworms are attacked by a large range of natural enemies. The most important are parasitic wasps and flies, and some predators. The most common predators include ground beetles, lacewings ...

To sample for cutworm, Krupke said a grower should randomly select 20 consecutive plants in five different areas of the field and record the number of plants damaged by black cutworms. While scouting ...

Cutworms—a generic term for the caterpillars of many moths—feed on tender plants. Learn how to get rid of cutworms in the garden.

This is a common practice with homeowners and their houseplants. Once established and properly planted, most houseplants only need watering two to three times a month. The leaves on your plant may ...

There are three common underground insect pests often encountered while preparing garden soil or planting a garden. They are grubs, wireworms and cutworms. Grubs are the larval stage of an ...

Cutworms are a type of nocturnal moth larvae that feed by wrapping themselves around seedling stems at the soil surface. ... but one of the most common in Florida is the granulate cutworm ...

This compound negatively affected the performance of common cutworms when added to an artificial diet. The aglycon of HexVic, (Z)-3-hexenol, was obtained from neighboring infested plants via the air.

Koichi Sugimoto from Yamaguchi University discovered this trick after unleashing the common cutworm—a moth caterpillar—on potted tomato plants. Tomatoes can usually kill around 30 percent of ...

Onion farmers can capitalize on the sex urge of the moths of two major insect pests of onion — common cutworm and armyworm — to kill them. Philippine Rice Research Institute researchers have ...

Black Cutworm is Moving into the Midwest, Be on the Lookout Farmers in some states can expect BCW damage in corn by mid-May. One larva can ruin five corn plants in a 24-hour period.

Cutworm damage is most severe in spring when plants are small or have tender tissue. Climbing cutworms crawl up stems of trees, shrubs, vines, and vegetable plants to cut holes in the leaves or ...