army worm
Leucania unipuncta latin

"There was an army worm invasion two years ago," he said.

The corn crop was infested with army worms and failed repeatedly.

It started with a few varmints that resembled army worms, in a small corner of a big cotton field.

Effectively similar morphs occur in some other insect species, such as army worm.

There are occasional but deadly infestations of locusts and army worms.

Researchers in Japan have discovered what makes the army worm nocturnal, and it's not light - at least not directly.

We were as conformist as army worms.

This plant is a beneficial weed, repelling army worms and other pests from nearby domesticated plants.

Can attract slugs, cut worms, army worms, and other harmful insects to the left over residues.

Recently, it has been reported that 10% of China's corn crop is suffering from Army worm infestation.

Commonly called caterpillar hunters, these are the ones that feed on caterpillars, including cutworms and army worms."

In the wake of the army worm problem, local farmers, led by Mr. Smith, began a petition drive to end the eradication effort.

The early arrival of warm weather last spring was blamed for the appearance of an unusually high number of army worms.

Mr. Smith said the malathion killed the wasps and other beneficial insects that help keep pests like the army worm in check.

"We've got every bug you can imagine here - weevils, grubs, army worms that look like an army coming through the grass.

Another strain is used for leaf eaters like army worms, loopers and hornworms.

An American winemaker has also produced wine from army worms, which received favorable reviews from some wine experts.

The food supply is also threatened by a plague of locusts moving through northern Africa, and by army worms, a kind of caterpillar.

Take the oriental army worm caterpillar, Mythimna separata, which infests corn plants.

The spraying, which began in South Texas last year, was widely blamed for an invasion of the beet army worm that destroyed the area's cotton crop.

In December 2008, an infestation of Army worms in Marion Bay was reported in the national media.

On 28 January 2009, the President of Liberia declared a state of emergency to deal with the infestation of army worms in the country.

The crop pests include shoot fly, stalk borer, army worm, grasshopper, aphids, birds, apes, monkeys and other wild animals.

Agricultural officials warn that suburban lawn manicurists may find their labors of love devoured by an unexplained infestation of army worms (not related to navy beans).

The drought has hurt the cotton crop, and there has been an army worm epidemic in grain stores, so villagers depend on sacks of government corn and each other.