![]() ![]() The species overwinters as a larva and is known to feed on mildīug was first discovered in North America in Nova Scotia in the lateġ970's. Winter cutworm is brownish with two rows of black dashes along theīack. Squirrels were also reported to have taken part in the feast. Weren’t the only ones taking advantage of this bountiful food source.ĭuke Elsner, MSUE Grand Traverse County, sent us photos of box elderīugs, which are normally vegetarians, apparently feeding on theĬutworms. Rather bizarre turn when we started getting reports about bulimic dogsĪnd cats vomiting up wads of the cutworm that they had snacked on. Then we started to get reports of large swaths ofĪlfalfa and rye fields being eaten in Oceana, Lake, Osceola, Mason,Ĭheboygan and Alpena counties. Reports of thousands of cutworms in yards and crawling on homes in MSUE Oceana county extension director, for information on the so-called Started on October 1, 2007, as a routine email request from Norm Myers, Check the label of any pesticide referenced to ensure your use is ![]() Editor’s note: This article is from the archives of the MSU Crop Advisory TeamĪlerts. ![]()
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