Spodoptera frugiperda – Fall Armyworm

Hodges # 9666

Caterpillar foods: more than 80 species of plants but prefer grasses; frequently damage crops; larvae reported to be cannibalistic when food is scarce  (Bugguide)

Sexually dimorphic – males are brown with white spot below reniform spot; females are gray with more obscure lines and spots  (Bugguide)

8/30/2014  male

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9/14/2015  male

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10/4/2016  female

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10/4/2016  female

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