army worm

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army worm

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Leucania unipuncta, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops in North America

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various similar caterpillars

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army worm - noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain

armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta

genus Pseudaletia, Pseudaletia - moths whose larvae are armyworms

caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

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armyworm Caterpillar Cotton worm genus Pseudaletia noctuid Pseudaletia Pseudaletia unipuncta			Liberia's agriculture minister said earlier this week that the caterpillars were not army worms as previously believed but the Achaea Catocaloides species, which could turn out to be even more destructive. West African nations team up to fight caterpillars by AFP / AFP Global Edition Army worms are relentless munching machines, but they stop moving and sometimes drop off their perches, if a wasp flies by. Honeybees may provide plants a protective buzz: pest caterpillars eat ... by Milius, Susan / Science News Bugs like army worms, earwigs, ants, Bermuda grass mites, flea beetles (in dichondra), mole crickets, chiggers, clover mites, chinch bugs, cut worms, fleas, sod webworms (lawn moth larvae), leaf hoppers and in dichondra (vegetable weevil) are reduced by using Scott Lawn Care Pro Step 3. Scott Lawn Care by Gavin Sanderson / Home improvement and landscaping community			army brat Army corps army cutworm army engineer Army for the Liberation of Rwanda army group Army High Performance Computing Research Center army hut Army Intelligence army life Army List Army National Guard Army of Muhammad Army of the Confederacy Army of the Pure Army of the Righteous army officer Army organization Army service area Army Service component command Army special operations component Army special operations forces Army tactical data link 1 army tank army unit army worm army-issue armyworm Arna Arna Wendell Bontemps Arnatto Arnaud Arnauld Arnaut Arne ARNG Arnhem Arnhem Land arnica arnica bud Arnica cordifolia Arnica montana Arnicin Arnicine Arnim Arno Arno River Arnold Arnold Daniel Palmer Arnold Gesell Arnold Joseph Toynbee			Army War Reserve Sustainment Army War Reserves Command Army Warehouse Control System Army Warfighter Experiment Army Warfighting Challenge Army Warfighting Simulation Army Warrior Tasks Army Watercraft Management Action Group Army Watercraft Restructuring Plan Army Web Risk Assessment Cell Army Weight Control Program Army Welfare Education Society Army Welfare Housing Organization Army Welfare Trust Army Wholesale Logistic System Army Wife Talk Radio Army Wife Toddler Mom Army Wives Welfare Association Army Working Capital Fund Army Working Capital Fund - Supply Management Army Army Workload and Performance System Army Worldwide Environmental and Energy Conference Army Worldwide Information System Army Worldwide Information System Movement Required Generation army worm army worms Army Wounded Warrior Program Army WWMCCS Information System Army Yachting Node Army's Best Mofo's Army's Joint Fires and Effects Trainer System Army's Mobility Opportunity & Development Program Army's Soldier Systems Center Army, Navy & Air Force Veterans in Canada Army, Navy Electronics Evaluation Group Army, United States Department of the Army-Air Force Clemency and Parole Board Army-Air Force Wage Board army-issue Army-Marine Corps Board Army-Navy Communications Intelligence Board Army-Navy Communications Intelligence Coordinating Committee Army-Navy Country Club Army-Navy Fixed, Radar, Search Army-Navy Instrumentation Program Army-Navy Joint Specifications Board Army-Navy Munitions Board Army-Navy retractors Army-Navy Shipping Information Agency

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