![]() ![]() Cutworms also climb on plants to chew leaves and buds. One cutworm can chew through the stems of several seedlings and transplants in one night. The larvae are plump, gray or brown, hairless caterpillars often with shiny heads. ![]() The moths are brownish or gray with 1½-inch wingspans. During the day, cutworms rest in the soil at the base of plants they are usually found curled up into a C-shape.Ĭutworms emerge in spring to feed at night. ![]() Cutworms can completely consume seedlings. Control cutworms early in the season by handpicking, trapping, or exposing them to predators such as birds.Ĭutworms feed at night on young plants, usually severing the stem at or just below the soil line causing the plant to fall over. Cutworms chew the tender, young stems, and leaves of almost all vegetable crops. Cutworms are the larvae of various species of night-flying brown or gray moths. ![]()
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