cutworms
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
As soil starts to warm and vegetables get in the ground, complaints about cutworms often follow. Minnesota is home to a few species of cutworms, some of which we can track and predict, and others we can’t. Regardless of the species, we...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
One annoying habit, many species
Close up of a cutworm
The group of caterpillars, known as cutworms, get their name from an annoying habit many of them share: they feed on young plants right at the soil line, making small plants...
UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA EXTENSION - www.extension.umn.edu
We often hear from growers in the summer about cutworm issues in high tunnel crops, oftentimes long after the damage has been done. It is always hard to retrace the steps and figure out what caused the damage. As we get ready to think...
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