Keith Fielder shows an armyworm larva he picked up in his yard. (CONTRIBUTED)
A male armyworm moth. (CONTRIBUTED)
A female armyworm moth. (CONTRIBUTED)
Armies are now invading Putnam County and the rest of Georgia. Specifically, armies of destructive caterpillars called fall armyworms.
The armyworms eat up an entire home lawn or farm hay pasture, forage, or row crops in no time flat.
“The last time I saw them here this bad was in 1987, and it literally took a killing frost to get rid of them,” Putnam County Extension Agent Keith Fielder …
