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    The document discusses the fall armyworm, a serious pest of maize and other crops. It is native to the Americas but has spread worldwide, becoming a major problem in Africa, India, and Asia where it is causing massive crop losses. The fall armyworm eats a wide variety of field and vegetable crops. It goes through complete metamorphosis with six larval stages before pupating. The life cycle takes approximately 30 days to complete. Identification, damage symptoms, and control of this pest are discussed.

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    The document discusses the fall armyworm, a serious pest of maize and other crops. It is native to the Americas but has spread worldwide, becoming a major problem in Africa, India, and Asia where it is causing massive crop losses. The fall armyworm eats a wide variety of field and vegetable crops. It goes through complete metamorphosis with six larval stages before pupating. The life cycle takes approximately 30 days to complete. Identification, damage symptoms, and control of this pest are discussed.

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    The document discusses the fall armyworm, a serious pest of maize and other crops. It is native to the Americas but has spread worldwide, becoming a major problem in Africa, India, and Asia where it is causing massive crop losses. The fall armyworm eats a wide variety of field and vegetable crops. It goes through complete metamorphosis with six larval stages before pupating. The life cycle takes approximately 30 days to complete. Identification, damage symptoms, and control of this pest are discussed.

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    The Fall Armyworm

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    The document discusses the fall armyworm, a serious pest of maize and other crops. It is native to the Americas but has spread worldwide, becoming a major problem in Africa, India, and Asia where it is causing massive crop losses. The fall armyworm eats a wide variety of field and vegetable crops. It goes through complete metamorphosis with six larval stages before pupating. The life cycle takes approximately 30 days to complete. Identification, damage symptoms, and control of this pest are discussed.

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    01/02/2021

    The fall armyworm: a serious pest of maize and other


    crops
    • The fall armyworm is native to
    the tropical regions of the
    SPODOPTERA FRUGIPERDA western hemisphere from the
    United States to Argentina.
    The fall armyworm • It is now present around the
    world and had become a
    serious pest in Africa, India and
    Asia.
    • It is causing massive crop loss
    in Zambia

    1 2

    It eats LOTS of different crops Identifying Spodoptera frugiperda


    • Field crops are frequently injured, including alfalfa, barley, Bermuda V-shaped head capsule newly hatched mature larva, ready to
    grass, buckwheat, cotton, clover, maize, oat, millet, peanut, rice, pupate
    ryegrass, sorghum, sugar beet, Sudan grass, soybean, sugarcane,
    timothy, tobacco, and wheat.
    • Among vegetable crops, only sweet maize is regularly damaged, but
    others are attacked occasionally.
    • Other crops sometimes injured are apple, grape, orange, papaya,
    peach, strawberry, and a number of flowers.
    • Weeds known to serve as hosts include bent grass, Agrostis ssp.;
    crabgrass, Digitaria spp.; Johnsongrass, Sorghum halepense; morning
    glory, Ipomoea spp.; nutsedge, Cyperus spp.; pigweed,
    • Amaranthus spp.; and sandspur, Cenchrus tribuloides.

    3 4

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    01/02/2021

    The FAW is a biting/chewing pest They are mostly found in the funnel where new
    THIS IS FRASS (poo...) Damaged leaves Eating the cob
    leaves are growing

    this is old damage

    5 6

    FAW Eggs
    The Fall
    Armyworm has
    a life cycle
    called
    COMPLETE
    META-
    MORPHOSIS

    7 8

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    FAW Instars 1-3: 3-6 days FAW Instars 3-6


    • The larvae have stages of growth • most damage is done at this stage
    called INSTARS • this happens between 6-14 days after the start of the infestation
    • The FAW has 6 instars
    • Damage by 1st and 2nd instars looks
    like a transparent section of leaf

    9 10

    FAW: the pupa FAW the adult


    conspicuous white tip on with open wings with closed wings
    • the pupal stage is when the the wings
    larva transforms into the adult
    moth
    • the mature larva drops to the
    soil, burrows in a few
    centimetres and then form the
    pupa
    • it is 20-30 mm long
    • the pupal stage lasts for 8 to 9
    days

    11 12

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    The life cycle takes about 30 days to complete Some other biting and chewing pests
    locusts various beetles Chewing mouthparts

    13 14

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