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army cutworm

NOUN
  1. larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states

How To Use army cutworm In A Sentence

  • Another scientist reported grizzlies flipping over rocks to lick up army cutworm moths, a fat-bodied insect that hides by day in the high-altitude talus slopes in the Rockies.
  • This winter's mild weather has resulted in early army cutworm activity again this year.
  • From the talus slopes nearby, she'll dig out army cutworm moths, which are about 60 percent fat.
  • The army cutworm spends the winter as a partially grown larvae and usually is a threat to wheat and alfalfa at and shortly after these crops break dormancy.
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