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armyworm

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The larva of any of the ''Spodoptera'' genus of noctuid moth, which typically feed in large, destructive groups.

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
armyworm \armyworm\, Army worm \Ar"my worm`\ (Zo["o]l.) (a) A lepidopterous insect, which in the larval state often travels in great multitudes from field to field, destroying grass, grain, and other crops. The common army worm of the northern United States ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. noctuid moth larvae that travel in multitudes destroying especially grass and grain [syn: army worm , Pseudaletia unipuncta ] moth whose destructive larvae travel in multitudes [syn: Pseudaletia unipuncta ] larva of fungus gnat; march in large companies ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Armyworm may refer to: African armyworm ( Spodoptera exempta ) (Africa) Common armyworm or true armyworm ( Mythimna unipuncta ) (North and South America) Fall armyworm ( Spodoptera frugiperda ) (North and South America) Lawn armyworm ( Spodoptera mauritia ...

Usage examples of armyworm.

In many areas they have become one of the most effective, as well as safest, ways to take care of pest problems like cutworms, armyworms, root maggots, borers, Wireworms and cabbage white caterpillars.

They lived off the surface of the land, like armyworms, stripping it of whatever they could before moving on.

Science News, limonoids have been found to deter agricultural pests such as armyworms and the cotton bollworm.

But different species can kill as many as two hundred kinds of pests, mostly caterpillars, like armyworms, cutworms, corn earworms, moths, leafworms and bollworms.