A New Pest In the Scallions

GoDawgs · June 2, 2018

I've never had anything mess with the scallions before but there's a new-to-me pest that's arrived this spring and chewing on them. I sent this pic to the extension agent:

He said it's the Yellow-Striped Army Worm. So I looked it up and if anyone else is dealing with these, here's a link:
http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/...d_armyworm.htm

So what's with the army worms all of a sudden? Last fall I had an eggplant being covered and devoured. The entomologist at UGA said they were the Southern Army Worm. Never had them before either and they're different than these guys. She said spraying bT only works on the SAW if they're 1/2" long or less. After that, not so much so every day I looked at every eggplant leaf to handpick any bigger ones that survived the bT.. There aren't many of these yellow-striped ones so I'm hand picking them and the scallions are the only thing being messed with.

Go figure. Just posting this in case anyone else runs into them.

June 2, 2018	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	A New Pest In the Scallions I've never had anything mess with the scallions before but there's a new-to-me pest that's arrived this spring and chewing on them. I sent this pic to the extension agent: He said it's the Yellow-Striped Army Worm. So I looked it up and if anyone else is dealing with these, here's a link: http://entnemdept.ufl.edu/creatures/...d_armyworm.htm So what's with the army worms all of a sudden? Last fall I had an eggplant being covered and devoured. The entomologist at UGA said they were the Southern Army Worm. Never had them before either and they're different than these guys. She said spraying bT only works on the SAW if they're 1/2" long or less. After that, not so much so every day I looked at every eggplant leaf to handpick any bigger ones that survived the bT.. There aren't many of these yellow-striped ones so I'm hand picking them and the scallions are the only thing being messed with. Go figure. Just posting this in case anyone else runs into them.