The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 440-453 (14 pages) The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner), has recently become a persistent and explosive pest of cotton in the ...

“We found fall armyworms crawling out of a cut pasture today (July 27) and into several cotton fields,” says Edwards. “The fall armyworms were climbing the stalk and knocking off ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 69, No. 3 (Sep., 1986), pp. 502-515 (14 pages) Biological control of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), in areas of overwintering and throughout its ...

The insect said to threaten the food security of 600 million people globally may have met its match in the form of several ...

The Fall Armyworm, the caterpillar stage of a moth, is a major pest in North and South America which crossed the Atlantic to West Africa in 2016 and rapidly spread across the continent. This project, ...

Fall armyworm (FAW) has been referred to as the ... It is known to feed on more than 350 plant species from maize to cotton and vegetables. Growers in Queensland have been dealing with the ...

Abigail Kadirire picks a dark green caterpillar with white stripes off a ragged and torn maize plant and puts it on her palm. She is clearly distressed. "This is the second time this farming ...

HARARE, March 25 (Xinhua) -- Zimbabwe continues to grapple with its worst African armyworm outbreak in 20 years and is assessing the damage the pest has caused to crops, a senior official said on ...

It said fall armyworm “continues to threaten corn and onion crops,” after it caused significant damage to sugarcane fields, particularly in Negros Occidental. The DoST said the Philippine Council for ...

Climate change is fuelling the spread of crop-destroying fall armyworm in Zimbabwe, dealing another blow to drought-hit farmers. Drought saw millions go hungry in Zimbabwe last year Fall armyworm ...