KUAR | By George Jared/ Talk Business & Politics
The numbers of a common, damaging pest in Arkansas row crops have surged in the last several weeks.
Bollworms, a moth caterpillar, are typically found in cotton, soybean and corn crops. The insect emerges as a moth in mid-May and then spreads its larva onto crops, according to farmprogress.com. Hungry bollworms can damage soybean pods, corn ears and cotton bolls and squares.
Yields can be diminished as a result of bollworm damage.
Matthew Davis/UA System Division Of Agriculture
Bollworm moths in a trap in Jackson County on July 1. Agents and entomologists are seeing higher than usual numbers of these moths.