Examples of cutworm in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Control weeds, grasses, and debris in the vegetable garden that provide cover; hand-pick cutworm larvae after dark, using a flashlight to find them, if practical. — oregonlive, 7 Mar. 2021 The omnivores eat many different foods, including whitebark pine nuts and army cutworm moths. — James Leggate, Fox News, 10 Sep. 2020 The cutworm comes from a moth laying their eggs in the soil. — oregonlive, 24 May 2020 Killing a cutworm with a trowel or farmer’s knife (Hori-Hori) will save woe in terms of labor and time. — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 17 Apr. 2018 Grizzlies, which are a type of brown bear, also like to spend their days turning over rocks in search of army cutworm moths. — Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2019 One of the stranger animals that the bears eat must be army cutworm moths, also known as miller moths. — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 June 2019 At the end of the season, these tobacco plants had much less leaf damage than others from grasshoppers and cutworms. — Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2013 These types actually combat a variety of pest species, including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs. — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018 See More

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