How to Use corn earworm in a Sentence
corn earworm
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There are pests to deal with like the corn earworm that aggressively chewed away at corn crops in recent years.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 4 June 2026
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Plus, the tomato fruitworm (also known as the corn earworm) likes to feed on both these veggies.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
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Plus, the tomato fruitworm (also known as the corn earworm) likes to feed on both these veggies.
—Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 21 May 2026
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Sweet corn is commonly susceptible to pests such as corn earworms, flea beetles, and European corn borers.
—Sj McShane, Martha Stewart, 3 Apr. 2026
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Farmers in Jenkins County, like many farmers, face numerous insect infestations, including stink bugs, cotton bollworms, corn earworms, tarnished plant bugs and aphids.
—Atin Adhikari, The Conversation, 23 Sep. 2025
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