Corn Earworm

Heliothis zea

Symptoms:
Corn earworm is the major problem of sweet corn, the same insect attacking other plants such as tomato, pepper, beans, cabbage and cotton. Worm feeding results in the production of brown "frass" that makes product un-marketable. Larva germinate from eggs laid by white to grayish moth.

See also the Extension Entomology Insect Answers.

Control:
Consult the COMMERCIAL or HOME GARDEN version of the current guide for controlling insects on vegetables for labelled chemicals and rates. This pest is also being managed by BT sprays or genetically engineered crops that have been altered to produce BT toxin.

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