Spodoptera ornithogalli - Yellow-striped Armyworm
Durham, NC 7/2/07
Durham, NC 7/2/07
Carroll Co., VA 7/4/12
Durham, NC 7/11/07
Madison Co., NC 7/28/12
Madison Co., NC 7/29/12
Durham, NC 8/14/12
Orange Co., NC 8/23/09
Durham, NC 9/8/07
Durham, NC 9/8/07. Same individual as above.
Orange Co., NC 9/12/10
Durham, NC 9/19/2013
Person Co., NC 9/20/07
Durham, NC 10/1/07
Durham, NC 10/1/07. Same individual.
Durham, NC 10/1/07
Durham, NC 10/1/07. Same individual.
Caterpillar, showing its yellow stripe nicely. Note also the black spot just after the front legs.
Durham, NC 6/19/07
Durham Co., NC 8/15/10
Yellow-striped Armyworm caterpillars feed on a wide variety of plants and may be a pest on tomatoes. This one is digging in to a ripening tomato.
Durham, NC 8/7/2013.