![]() Plus, the adult moth can lay up to 2,000 eggs on a property at once. Unfortunately, armyworms can be very difficult to detect or follow due to their habits of hiding during the day and migrating to new feeding areas during the night. ![]() You may first notice the presence of armyworms as you notice a brown patch in your grass that continues to increase in size every day – or you may walk out one morning to find no grass at all! In typical cases, grass blades will appear “eaten” and ragged along the edges, however, in the case of severe infestation, armyworms may eat grass blades all the way down to the soil. After consuming all of the grass in an area and exhausting their food supply, the infestations move along to their next available food source and leave behind unattractive leftovers–if they leave any grass leftover at all! They get their name by marching across and terrorizing turf in what looks like a small army. Mainly found in the southern regions of the United States, armyworms are destructive landscaping pests at the larval (caterpillar) life stage of an armyworm moth. If your grass is starting to unexpectedly disappear or turn brown in certain areas, there’s a good chance your property has been taken over by an army – of larvae!
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