Cutworms are a troublesome garden pest, knocking down young plants as soon as they begin to stand on their own. Cutworm damage is some of the cruelest you’ll see in the garden, although it’s hard to ...

We are seeing a significant increase in western bean cutworm (WBC) moth populations in traps this week. Other current pests include first generation European corn borer, grasshoppers and sunflower ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Late planting, weeds, the practice of no-till and the fact the many Indiana fields are in a corn-following-soybean rotation all combine to favor an increase in black cutworm ...

A new rearing method used to maintain a laboratory colony of western bean cutworm has allowed researchers to gather the first reported data for the insect's susceptibility to Bt Cry toxins using ...

I took a look at my snap bean seedling recently and noticed the dreaded bean leaf beetle, a yellow-to-red beetle with black spots and a black band around the outer edge of the body. The adults feed on ...

Several crops in Barangay Del Rosario, Pili, Camarines Sur, have been affected by cutworm infestation, specifically the Agrotis ipsilon. Farmers have reported that cutworms are causing considerable ...

The western bean cutworm is a destructive insect pest of dry beans and corn. Inadequate protocols for laboratory rearing of this insect have hindered controlled efficacy experimentation in the ...