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<blockquote data-quote="Tim/South" data-source="post: 1173493" data-attributes="member: 17986"><p>The moth lays the eggs. The eggs hatch in a few days. The larvae normally live and eat 14 days. The last 3 days seem to be the most destructive and the worms are large and more visible. They go into pupa stage for 10 days or so then become a moth. They lay eggs and fly to another field, lay more eggs, then die after a week or two. Not sure all of the time lines are exact, recalling from memory. When small they are hard to find. They stay shaded by the grass and eat tops more at night</p><p>The problem with army worm control is different moths may be laying eggs over a period of two weeks and worms of various stages can infest a field. </p><p>The moth here is a gray color. </p><p>The worst case for me is when all the moths lay eggs about the same time. By the time the worms get big enough to do much damage they are large and devastating.</p><p>I lost 20 acres of Bermuda in 3 days. The field looked fine Tuesday. By the time I sprayed Thursday all the leaves had been eaten off the runners. I knew they were in our county. Did not know the neighbor bordering me had them eat all of his fields before they got to me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tim/South, post: 1173493, member: 17986"] The moth lays the eggs. The eggs hatch in a few days. The larvae normally live and eat 14 days. The last 3 days seem to be the most destructive and the worms are large and more visible. They go into pupa stage for 10 days or so then become a moth. They lay eggs and fly to another field, lay more eggs, then die after a week or two. Not sure all of the time lines are exact, recalling from memory. When small they are hard to find. They stay shaded by the grass and eat tops more at night The problem with army worm control is different moths may be laying eggs over a period of two weeks and worms of various stages can infest a field. The moth here is a gray color. The worst case for me is when all the moths lay eggs about the same time. By the time the worms get big enough to do much damage they are large and devastating. I lost 20 acres of Bermuda in 3 days. The field looked fine Tuesday. By the time I sprayed Thursday all the leaves had been eaten off the runners. I knew they were in our county. Did not know the neighbor bordering me had them eat all of his fields before they got to me. [/QUOTE]
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