#fall armyworm

@mosshugs​ submitted: Could you help me identify these good little friends I found in a sunflower field in cullman alabama? The little caterpillar kept trying to eat my finger with his tiny mouth

CABI has joined a team of international experts to develop beneficial nematode-based biocontrol solutions to fight the devastating fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in Africa. Entomopathogenic nematodes are tiny insect-killing worms, also called beneficial nematodes, and have been used for nearly a century as safer-to-use and more environmentally friendly biocontrol agents against insect…

Fall armyworm is larvae stage of fall army worm moth.  It is a migratory pest native to America and was first reported in Africa in 2016. The army worm causes damage by feeding on leaves and stems of maize, rice, sorghum, sugarcane, vegetable and cotton. Fall army worm damages maize in all stages. In maize seedlings, it causes damage by feeding within the whorl. Larger larvae can cut the base of…

How to Get Rid of Armyworms in Kenya

The Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera Frugiperda) is a pest that can cause economic damage to crops if left to multiply. They mainly attack the maize crop but once its food crop is exhausted, will eat the next available crop including barley, millet, peanuts, rice, sorghum, soybeans, wheat, etc.   Fall armyworm (FAW) [Spodoptera frugiperda] is an insect pest with moths as the adult stage and larvae…

Useful Methods to Control Fall Armyworm in Maize Crop:

تعتبر دودة الحشد من الآفات الحشرية الفتاكة، والتي تصيب المحاصيل الاستراتيجية والهامة، حيث تسبب ضرر كبير جدا للمجموع الخضري وتكمن خطورة الآفات بصفة عامة، وديدان الحشد بصفة خاصة في انتشارها السريع وشراستها العالية لالتهام المحاصيل وتخريبها. فما هي تلك الديدان؟ وما هو شكلها؟وكيف يمكن مقاومتها؟ .

ما هي دودة الحشد الخريفية ؟

ديدان الحشد الخريفية عبارة عن نوع من الآفات الحشرية يمكن أن تصيب أكثر من 80…