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Cutworms
Rufus
Isaacs, MSU
Entomology |
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Cutworms
damage plants by feeding on young tissues. They spend the
day time in leaf litter or in upper soil layers under bushes,
and they tend to be more of a problem in weedy fields. |
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cutworm larvae are found under leaf litter. Left, cutworm
damage. Mississippi
State Univ Archives |
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| Larvae are active at night
and crawl up onto bushes after the first warm spring days. For this
reason, inspect bushes for injured buds during delayed-dormant to
budbreak. Buds may be partly or entirely consumed, and multiple
buds may be damaged during one night of feeding. Cutworm larvae
are typically 1 inch long (25 mm) and dark colored. When disturbed,
they curl into a C-shape. |
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