An enemy may have invaded your beautiful, green lawn, leaving it ugly and brown. A wave of fall armyworms (Spodoptera frugiperda) marches through the South every year from the tropical regions around ...
If your lawn turns from green to brown faster than it usually does, you may want to check for one annoying insect. Armyworms are known to feed on lawns as well as plants and other vegetables. While ...
South Carolinians might notice some fuzzy new visitors munching on their lawns this month. The spodotera frugiperda is actually a moth caterpillar, but its propensity to feed in large numbers in the ...
WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — Fall armyworms are emerging earlier than usual in west Wichita, and local experts say numbers are already higher than last year. “Fall armyworms are a tiny caterpillar that are ...
Fall armyworms have emerged in throngs this fall across parts of Texas, where they are munching on grass and wreaking havoc. Texas A&M AgriLife / Courtesy They slither across lawns and pastures in a ...
Over 15,800 farmers in Zambia’s Copperbelt Province battle a fall armyworm outbreak that has already ravaged 10,000 hectares of cropland.
Armyworms are causing damage to lawns in Kansas, and may be more prevalent this year in Wichita. Dan Potter University of Kentucky Kansas is experiencing less severe drought this year, and it’s no ...
LONOKE – Fall armyworms, a common pest of soybeans, pastures and lawns, have developed a taste for rice and extension entomologists are working on management methods to help producers. Gus Lorenz and ...
The warm summer months are linked with increased pest activity across the country, and Kansas is no exception. This summer, though, Kansas residents are reportedly seeing an uptick in armyworms ...
As drought plagued the West and Plains in 2021, grasshoppers took over many pastures and crops, which demolished grasses and hayfields. “It’s so widespread, that I’m afraid it’s going to be pretty ...