The army cutworm is more problematic when it lays its eggs in the fall on anything green, which is usually wheat or alfalfa that time of year. They’ll hide in your window sill or behind doors and fly through the house.” They’re a nuisance, and they’re very quick. The moths don’t hurt (farmer’s crops) right now. Up to this point, Whitworth says, “they’re really just more of a nuisance. “By Memorial Day weekend, those moths get together and head to the Rocky Mountains for the summer.” “In the last week or two, the army cutworm is becoming an adult moth,” said Kansas State University entomologist Jeff Whitworth.

– Depending on the time of year, army cutworms and armyworms can be a nemesis to farmers.īut in late spring, they’d much rather be dealing with the army cutworm.

Armyworms lay their eggs on just about anything green, but prefer such grasses as wheat, brome, lawns, corn, sorghum and others, photo courtesy K-Stateīy Pat Melgares, K-State Research and Extension news service

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