http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/21/cutworm-in-the-snow/ Are we experts yet? Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:43:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/21/cutworm-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-30779 Winter Cutworm from Canada | What's That Bug? Thu, 25 Feb 2010 06:41:28 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=22926#comment-30779 [...] Ani, Last month we received a similar letter from New England, and our faithful reader Karl helped us identify it as a Winter Cutworm, Noctua pronuba, an [...] [...] Ani, Last month we received a similar letter from New England, and our faithful reader Karl helped us identify it as a Winter Cutworm, Noctua pronuba, an [...]

]]> http://www.whatsthatbug.com/2010/01/21/cutworm-in-the-snow/comment-page-1/#comment-27478 kkroeker Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:07:39 +0000 http://www.whatsthatbug.com/?p=22926#comment-27478 It’s probably a Winter Cutworm, the common name for the caterpillar of the Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba). It’s an immigrant species from Europe that has become a pest in much of eastern North America. According to the book, Caterpillars of Eastern North America (David L. Wagner), "The caterpillars are active during thaws throughout the winter - commonly turning up on sidewalks, sauntering into garages, or crawling along banks of snow. If someone brings you a cutworm in the dead of winter - this is it." There are some good photos and information at: http://www.pestid.msu.edu/InsectsArthropods/NoctuaPronuba/tabid/73/Default.aspx It’s probably a Winter Cutworm, the common name for the caterpillar of the Large Yellow Underwing (Noctua pronuba). It’s an immigrant species from Europe that has become a pest in much of eastern North America. According to the book, Caterpillars of Eastern North America (David L. Wagner), “The caterpillars are active during thaws throughout the winter – commonly turning up on sidewalks, sauntering into garages, or crawling along banks of snow. If someone brings you a cutworm in the dead of winter – this is it.” There are some good photos and information at: http://www.pestid.msu.edu/InsectsArthropods/NoctuaPronuba/tabid/73/Default.aspx

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