An outbreak of the African armyworm (Spodoptera exempta) has been reported in Gauteng, Mpumalanga, and Limpopo, according to ...

While the term armyworm is used to describe a few different kinds of destructive caterpillars, one of the most well known in ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 77, No. 4 (Dec., 1994), pp. 440-453 (14 pages) The beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua (Hubner), has recently become a persistent and explosive pest of cotton in the ...

Among these is the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda), a destructive pest that has ravaged crops in over 44 African countries. Originally native to the Americas, this pest has become an ...

The Fall Armyworm, the caterpillar stage of a moth, is a major pest in North and South America which crossed the Atlantic to West Africa in 2016 and rapidly spread across the continent. This project, ...

A series of laboratory and field experiments were conducted to compare larval development, feeding behavior, and ovipositional preference of fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) on a standard host ...

MBABANE - A new threat has emerged for Eswatini’s farmers: the African armyworm (Umgundzatjani). The Minister of Agriculture has issued a warning about the invasion of these destructive pests.

The idea of producing a medicine within insect cells destined for human use may sound odd, and the fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) is nobody’s idea of a standard laboratory model.

Winter cutworm, or Noctua pronuba, is different from true armyworm, said Amy Needham, the ACRD's sustainability planner. True ...