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Cutworm is a generic term referring to the caterpillar of various moth species that attack herbaceous plants. Cutworms appear in swarms to eat through tender stems at the soil line, destroying ...

Q: I’m a new gardener. I was disappointed this spring when I lost plants to something that cut the plants off just above the ground, leaving the decapitated plant lying uneaten nearby. A neighbor ...

A mild winter followed by a warm, moist spring has led to abundance of disease and insect problems. I’ve gotten a lot of calls recently about worm activity in the lawn and garden. Caterpillars have ...

Cutworms are moth larvae that hide in the soil during the day, and then come out at night to feed on plants. They get their name from their ability to “cut off” a seedling at ground level by chewing ...

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 assortment ...

BOZEMAN - Last spring, cutworm estimates were so high entomologists predicted "The Year of the Worm." This year could be a lot worse. Cutworms topple crops by chewing through their stems at or below ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Late planting, weeds, the practice of no-till and the fact the many Indiana fields are in a corn-following-soybean rotation all combine to favor an increase in black cutworm ...

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 ...