Farmers and producers are not only dealing with excessive rain preventing them from working on their fields, they are also ...
Cutworm caterpillars are the larvae of several species of moths. Because there are many varieties, they don’t all look the same. Cutworms have smooth, hair-free bodies that can be striped, spotted, or ...
Spring seeding is off to a good start across the Prairies, but producers are being reminded to monitor the crop closely for ...
Soybean planting progress fell behind the previous year, with 5% of Iowa’s expected soybean crop planted during the week ...
If you've found young tomato plants cut off at the soil line, cutworms are likely the culprits. And while preventing cutworm damage can be challenging, there are several strategies you can use to keep ...
Even though the weather is cold, cutworms have already been active in Alberta, said Shelley Barkley with Alberta Agriculture ...
Cytochrome P450 enzymes, which are probably performing the oxidation in the tobacco cutworm, typically insert oxygen atoms in ...
The army cutworm is starting to make an appearance in some wheat and triticale fields in the far western region of the state, said Anthony Zukoff, an entomologist at K-State. “The army cutworm ...
This insect will be attracted to wheat fields now and can seemingly “march” across a wheat field, eating and destroying the ...
He’s not a bear biologist, and others disagree, but the issue is serious. Army cutworm moths are more unexpected, more fortuitous in the grizzly bear’s diet, because unlike whitebark nuts and ...
For grizzlies in Canada and Alaska, salmon is an important food source. Another major food source for some grizzlies is army cutworm moths — during the summer, a grizzly in Yellowstone may consume up ...
Grizzly bears are connected to corn farmers in Kansas and their decisions on pesticide use by way of army cutworm moths. A state wildlife manager in Cody, Wyoming, checks on a problem grizzly that ...