11. In 2016, armyworm invaded maize crops in Zambia. 12. He said low rainfall and a mild winter contributed to the beet armyworm problem. 13. They are sometimes mistaken for a color variety of the yellow-striped armyworm . 14. The beet armyworm is a hairless, green caterpillar slightly more than an inch long. 15. Cutworms, armyworms and bottom bollworms dive to the ground when exposed to the sound. 16. Armyworms also can wreak havoc on farms, munching orchard grass, hay and corn.17. Examples of local extinction have been documented in crickets, larval armyworms and flour beetles. 18. This caterpillar often exists in a mixed population with the bertha armyworm and the variegated cutworm. 19. The town also suffered infestations of armyworms , grasshoppers and Mormon crickets, which harmed local agriculture. 20. Earlier this spring, parts of the Midwest experienced one of the worst armyworm outbreaks entomologists had seen.
