Following numerous reports of caterpillar activity in maize crops across the country over recent weeks, agronomists are ...

On June 18, 2026, Nebraska Extension received a caterpillar sample collected from sugar beet for identification. The ...

Farmers in Manchester and St Elizabeth are being advised by the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries to take precaution against the beet armyworm, following a rise in the pest ...

THE island-wide infestation of crops by the beet armyworm has resulted in a $150-million loss of revenue to farmers. This pest has been most pervasive in the parish of St Elizabeth. In response to ...

Alias: Beet Armyworm. These are a pest in the moth family. Adults lay eggs in the spring in a nest of finely woven hairs. Caterpillars hatch 5-8 days after. The caterpillar is distinguished from other ...

Beet armyworm caterpillars turned to eating each other when the leaves they were placed on were made to taste foul. Brian Connolly / UW-Madison When left to choose between eating foul-tasting leaves ...

Agronomists are urging maize growers to inspect crops after an unusual series of beet armyworm caused significant damage to young maize crops along England’s south coast. The pest has now been ...

Deleting a gene linked to the production of sex pheromones in the beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) causes females to lose their attractiveness to males, offering a new potential route to control the ...

Consultants with Boise-based Amalgamated Sugar Co. report pockets of Leafminers and Armyworms are starting to appear in Treasure Valley sugar beet fields. A May 31 notice from the Pacific Northwest ...

Known to be feeding on many economically important crops, including maize, sugarcane, beet, tomato, potato and cotton, the larvae of the native to the Americas fall armyworm moth already seem to ...