Stamp it out: cutworms.(News)

From: The Journal (Newcastle, England) | Date: April 14, 2005 | Copyright information

When digging or raking, you might turn up fat, drab-coloured grubs which curl into a C-shape. They are cutworms, the larvae of nocturnal moths, and they eat through the stems of young plants, mainly of the cabbage family and lettuces, but also leeks, parsnips, strawberries and some flowers. They are so voracious that one grub will clear a row of plants in a few days.

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