Army Cutworm Population Monitoring

Army Cutworm Population Monitoring

September 18, 2014

Lauren Shreading describes a statewide monitoring effort to estimate cutworm abundance and
population growth patterns.

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Last spring, army cutworms caused extensive damage to seeded plants. The larvae moved across fall planting areas and experimental sites, consuming available emergent foliage.

Click Here for a link to the Statewide Monitoring Effort.

Army cutworm life cycle

Pheromone-baited traps lure male moths inside.

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