Moths like to lay their cutworm eggs on or around plants, so weeding thoroughly and frequently before and during the beginning of the spring season will seriously discourage them from “taking root.” Regardless of whether your garden has a history with cutworms, taking steps to prevent them is a good idea. Some cutworms are harder to identify because they venture beyond the base of the stalk: in this case, you’ll also see munch-marks in leaves and fruits of plants. You’ll often see them curled up in the soil in a “c” shape. They’re 2-inch-long (5 cm) larvae at full maturity, and can be black, grey, or a variety of other earth tones.
Of course, seeing them will help you definitively identify your unwanted visitors, but this should be done on the sly: they come out to feed at dusk and dawn. So if plants start falling over at the base without explanation, cutworms are the likely culprit. Most cutworms do damage at the base of a plant stalk or just under the soil. report this adHow to know you’ve got cutworms These moth larvae, or caterpillars, are spring and summer pests that do the most damage when plants are young.īecause the moths can lay hundreds of eggs in one place, it’s important to catch or destroy them early to avoid losing a whole garden to the persistent pests.
Unfortunately, cutworms are aptly named-their quick work on plants can completely cut them down in no time.
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