![]() ![]() There are no pesticides available to the home gardener suitable for use against cutworms. It may be necessary to water the soil before and after application to ensure the soil is sufficiently moist for nematode activity and survival. Nematodes should be applied as soon as possible after purchase, following the suppliers’ instructions. These temperatures occur between April and September. To be effective the nematodes need to be watered into moist soil while soil temperatures are in the range of 12-20✬ (54-68✯) as soon as possible after purchase/delivery. Crops grown beneath fleece or insect-proof mesh are less likely to be affectedĪ mixture of nematode species for controlling caterpillars and some other vegetable pests is sold as Fruit and Vegetable Protection and is available from some biological control suppliers.A warning service is used by commercial growers to apply timely irrigation.fields and / or overflow land, or fields covered with winter annual weeds prior to planting. Well watered vegetable plots are often free of damage ENTFACT-132: Cutworms in Kentucky Soybean Download PDF. Cutworms are very vulnerable to rain or irrigation when young.Remove caterpillars from soil as they are found.Cultivation can briefly expose the grubs to some predators, such as birds.The adult moths often prefer to lay eggs where there is a dense vegetation cover, and so they occur in the largest numbers in neglected areas or where turf has been dug up to make a vegetable or flower bed. ![]() The glassy cutworm lure, however, had to be custom formulated, based on pheromone ratios for snowy-veined Apamea that had been identified but never field tested (Keith, 1965). The caterpillars, and associated moths, can be important as a food source for other garden wildlife The winter cutworm lure is commercially offered by the supplier. Encourage predators and other natural enemies of caterpillars, in the garden, such as birds, ladybirds, wasps (social and parasitoid) and ground beetles. ![]() ![]()
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