The beet army worm, which is tough to kill with insecticides, hit hardest on the Memorial Day weekend, said entomologist John Norman of Weslaco.
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Muinamia said his organization is tracking the movement of the army worms through eastern African and is providing governments with details on their movement.
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Legions of African army worms chomping through eastern Africa threaten to severely reduce agricultural production in the region, an insect control expert said Wednesday.
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"We harvested basically fields of stems, " said Dickinson, who said it was the worst army worm outbreak he had seen in 20 years.
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Reports of beet army worm infestation in Mississippi, which has already devastated much of the South Texas crop, helped send prices soaring, traders said.
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Infestations of the boll worm and beet army worm in Mississippi and southern Alabama are also causing concerns that the crop there could be damaged.
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Beginning in May, the cotton crop was attacked by beet army worms, a pest that typically preys on fruit and vegetables but also can devastate cotton.
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People have noticed large numbers of army worm moths in the southern half of Wisconsin in recent weeks, said Phil Pellitteri, UW Extension entomologist in Madison.
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The Valley was the site of the beet army worm invasion in 1995, when the plant-eating pests spread up the coast and north to San Angelo.
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Others theorize that frontal storms, tracking up the coast, pushed into the area greater numbers of moths, which in turn laid eggs that became army worms.
