### animal | larva | caterpillar | cutworm:

Army cutworm
* are cutworms
  - foliage feeders above the ground surface
  - pale greenish-gray to brown in colour
  - reportedly a nuisance in several states
* become full grown by mid-spring, burrow into the soil, and pupate.
* can be serious pests of wheat and alfalfa.
* feed above ground so evidence of feeding damage indicates their presence.
* foliage feeder, but usually hides during the day.
* has a wide range of plants on which it feeds.
* have a wide host range and feed on most Crops grown in Colorado
  - an unusual life cycle
  - one generation per year
* is found throughout the western states.
* spend the winter as a partially grown caterpillar, feeding as temperatures allow.

Black cutworm
* continue to cause damage to cornfields across Iowa.
* feed at the base of the turfgrass plant.
* has four tubercles of unequal diameter on the top of each body segment.
* is just one harmful pest during the summer.
* pest of corn in Iowa, occasionally causing economic loss.

Variegated cutworm
* are an ashy, or light dirty brown caterpillar less than two inches long.
* attack a variety of vegetables and crops.
* complete two to four generations per year in North America north of Mexico.

Different caterpillar
* eat different plants.
* like to eat certain kinds of plants.

### animal | larva | caterpillar:

Fall armyworm
* are a tropical insect species
  - caterpillars that eat the leaves and are worse on lespedeza in hot, dry weather
  - moth larvae that feed on grassy crops and forage
  - sometimes a problem in wheat production in the fall before frost
  - typically a problem on newly seeded winter wheat before a killing frost occurs
* can cause serious damage in one to two days before the damage is even noticed.
* continue to be a problem in pastures
  - occur in a few fields
* feed on a variety of plants, including forage grasses
  - the young plants and eat the plants to the ground, causing a loss of stand
* vary in color from pale green to almost black.

Hungry caterpillar
* Most hungry caterpillars feed on foliage.
* Most hungry caterpillars use jaws
  - strong jaws

Inchworm
* Have the children cut an egg carton in half lengthwise.
* are a type of caterpillar , and the slow-worm legless lizard.
+ Earthworm: Annelids
  * Long ago, all animals looking like worms were lumped together by John Ray, and by Linnaeus in their classifications. Later, biologists found that some were in quite different groups. Roundworms and flatworms are different phyla. Inchworms are a type of caterpillar, and the slow-worm is a legless lizard.

Large caterpillar
* Most large caterpillars feed during summer.
* are solitary feeders, but commonly rest in large clusters.
* pupate in the soil where they spend the winter.

Looper
* Most loopers are greenish in color and crawl with the characteristic hump in their bodies.
* are green with white stripes on their backs
  - semitropical pests
* different breed of cat.
* eat large holes in the leaves and, under high populations, can strip an entire field.

### animal | larva | caterpillar | looper:

Cabbage looper
* are generally easy to kill
  - insects
  - light green caterpillars which loop as they walk
  - light-green, smooth, and loop when they move
  - one of the garden pests that can be quite easily removed by hand
  - pests of leafy vegetables, broccoli and cauliflower
* are present in most crops
  - nearly the entire growing season
  - small green, striped worms which are known as trichoplusia ni
* continue to cause damage to foliage and fruits.
* occur year round in Arizona's central and southwestern desert areas.

Soybean looper
* are difficult to control with insecticides.
* defoliate both cotton and soybeans.
* is very difficult to control with insecticides.
* pupate in silk-like cocoons attached to the underside of leaves of their host plant.