![]() ![]() I ask my colleagues, in Southern states, weekly if they are seeing any armyworms or anything resembling what happened in 2021 and the answer has consistently been no. Texas experienced outbreaks first followed by Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi then Tennessee with the moth flight culminating, in Canada, in November. ![]() Large numbers of moths plus ample food supply in pasture grasses, fallow grasses, yards and pretty much anywhere that had grass allowed this “army” to make its way North. Texas experienced a warm and unseasonably wet spring that allowed for the proliferation of extremely large numbers of armyworms. The difference in 2021 vs 2022 is the conditions that were occurring in April and May in South Texas. Fall Armyworms in Sweep Netįall armyworms don’t overwinter in Tennessee and populations migrate North from Texas and Florida every year. However, the wormageddon that happened in 2021 was a very unique event and will not occur yearly. Tennessee will still have armyworms that migrate North and infest pastures, food plots and the occasional yard. The instance and number of worms being found thus far is normal. There are a FEW isolated cases of fall armyworms infesting crops planted for wildlife, mainly millet. I’ve been asked several times over the past week if armyworms are beginning to appear in Tennessee.
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