#bollworm

Google says this is a Cotton Bollworm, or a similar species. What do you think, Buglr?

Finding this guy on my inch plant brightened my evening! I've never seen a caterpillar chomp on my inchplant before.

AKA Chloridea armigera, Chloridea obsoleta, Helicoverpa commoni and obsoleta Heliothis armigera, Heliothis conferta, Heliothis fusca, Heliothis pulverosa, Heliothis rama, Heliothis uniformis, Noctua armigera and Noctua barbara, corn earworm, Old World (African) bollworm, and scarce bordered straw in the UK, where the subspecies H. a armigera is an occasional vagrant.

Helicoverpa armigera armigera is native and widespread in central and southern Europe, temperate Asia and Africa, and recently Brazil - H. a. conferta is native to Australia and Oceania. Both subspecies are ruinous agricultural pests, with extremely wide diets, and have evolved resistance to many pesticides and genetically engineered crops.

The female can lay several hundred eggs, and under favourable conditions, the lifecycle can be complete in just over a month. As well as eating all those crops, the caterpillars are rather aggressive, occasionally carnivorous and may cannibalise each other.

hes just a little guy

‘Not responsible for Pink Bollworm attack’

In a separate representation to the joint secretary, seeds, Union ministry of agriculture, the Association sought clarity on the sole responsibility of the trait developer for the efficacy of the trait.

The National Seed Association of India (NSAI) has approached Radha Mohan Singh, Union minister of agriculture after the Maharashtra agriculture department issued notices to seed companies…

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Image Ms. Chaitali Labade (Top left), Dr. Vaijayanti Tamhane (Top right), Mr. Abhilash Jadhav (Bottom left),…