Li? PESTS OF GARDEN AND FIELD CROPS 
The Army Worm (Leucania unipuncta Haw.) 
ted to the 
common cutworms, become abnormally abundant, march from field 
to field, and de 
In occasional seasons naked, dull-striped worms, rel 
this species are in 
our fields every 
vear, but we do 
not particularly 
note their pres- 
ence until they 
reach their times 
of unusual abun- 
dance, abandon 
their normal 
ha 
ing concealed 
during 
its of remain- 
and feeding only 
at night, and in 
their search for 
‘‘armies.”” The 
full-grown worm 
is about 14 inches 
Fic. 195.— Larva 
the Army Worm. 
larged. Original. 
d w 
Slightly en- eral color, with 
of long, dark in gen- 
three yellowish 
stripes down its back and a stripe down each side. It is the younger 
stage of a dull, brownish moth. 
