https://freerepublic.com/tag/badworms/ en-us Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:59:41 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/732466/posts For education and discussion only. Not for commercial use. ARKADELPHIA, Ark. (AP) — As Arkansas wrestles with the mosquito-borne West Nile virus, residents of at least one county have another pest to combat: worms. Jerry Clemons, Clark County's cooperative extension service agent, said army worms were spreading throughout the county and wreaking havoc on hay crops. ``They'll eat it to the ground down to nothing, and then they will move on,'' Clemons said. Army worms, which are about a quarter inch in size, are the caterpillar stage of the noctuid moth. Because of the worm's fast reproductive cycle, it can... The Associated Press https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/732466/posts#comment Tue, 13 Aug 2002 16:59:41 GMT