2025年1月22日 · The fall armyworm is a chronic pest in the Southeast and can cause severe damage to grass and forage crops. Damage varies in appearance and severity according to the type of grass and management practices. They are most numerous in late summer or early fall.

2024年11月14日 · Learn about the biology, damage, and management of the fall armyworm, a reported annual pest on crops in the Southeast for more than 100 years.

2021年7月8日 · Fall armyworms were recently reported in a hayfield in West Point, Mississippi and in summer annual forages in Shorter, Alabama. This activity indicates an early arrival, so now is the time for producers to begin scouting their pastures and hayfields for fall armyworms.

2021年3月3日 · Two species of armyworms are consistent pests of forages and pastures in Alabama. The true armyworm and fall armyworm both belong to a family of moths called Noctuidae, which includes other important pests such as the corn earworm. A cool, wet spring can lead to outbreaks of the true armyworm in cool-season grasses.

2024年8月15日 · Fall armyworms are plaguing pastures and hayfields. They can quickly invade and destroy a stand of healthy forages in a manner of hours.

2024年7月11日 · During the first week of July, Alabama Extension entomologists received reports of fall armyworm outbreaks in central and south Alabama.

2025年1月22日 · Alabama is currently experiencing a widespread outbreak of fall armyworms with an exceptionally high numbers of caterpillars. It is expected that this forage pest will continue to hang around until the first frost.

m, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a chronic pest in the Southeast. More than 60 plants have been reported as hosts of the fall armyworm, including forage grasses, corn, alfalfa, cotton, soybeans, and most vegetable crops. There are two strains of the fall armyworm, the rice strain and the corn strain. The rice strain caterpillars feed on a variety of forage crops, but seem to prefer lush, …

2020年4月10日 · Be on the lookout for true armyworms in grain crops and pastures. They have been showing up in wheat fields and grass pastures in early April in Alabama and have the potential to cause damage.

2018年8月17日 · Yellowstriped Armyworms Yellowstriped armyworms feed on a variety of crops including tomatoes, alfalfa, bean, beet, cabbage, clover, corn, cotton, cucumber, grape, grass, morning glory, onion, pea, peach, peanut, sweet potato, tobacco, turnip, wheat, and watermelon. The insect usually overwinters as a pupa in the soil.