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What is an armyworm?

What is an armyworm? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. The larva of any of the Spodoptera and Mythimna genera of noctuid moths, which typically feed in large, destructive groups.
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Specific insects targeted by CRYMAX include cabbage looper, European corn borer, beet armyworm, bagworm, tent caterpillars, cankerworms, gypsy moth, and tussock moth.
Robert Meagher for the collection of the Bt susceptible strain of the fall armyworm, which was used to determine the baseline survival of the insect.
They also tested promising strains against the beet armyworm, black cutworm, cabbage looper, and imported cabbageworm.
One version of the toxin protects against a range of caterpillars, including the European corn borer, the cotton bollworm and the beet armyworm.
The armyworm probably does not overwinter in Nebraska, but reinvades the northern part of its range each spring.
The life cycle of the fall armyworm is similar to those of the corn earworm and armyworm.

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