I am in pilot point tx

I am covered up with them in southwestern Palo Pinto county. The worse I have ever seen them. They are stripping my coastal to the ground. They are even eating weeds.

I haven't planted yet due to army worms last season. I walked to one of my blinds the other evening across where I will be planting wheat and this guy was on my shoe.

I saw several more once I started looking. This was in Stonewall County NW of Abilene.

Went out today, covered up in them, back yard is gone, yeah no mowing. Found them anywhere on my 15 acres that had none native grasses, or imported. Bermuda seems to be the main target, pond bank is almost eaten off. Found them in the garden on the melon plants, and they are also eating the crabgrass which is the only positive for me.

Had I been able to plant, it would be gone, did see many dead ones from all the rain, but still strong numbers.

Not sure if you can see them in this quick photo, leaving an area that was crabgrass, towards an area with a lot of Bermuda.

Already got 2 acres of millet, replanted this weekend. Will be interesting to see if the ducks still show up this year.

Army worms were bad in Katy last couple weeks but seem to be gone now. Luckily I put down granules on my yards several times a year to keep the ants and june bugs away. I had very minimal damage but my neighbors weren't so lucky.

Talked to a guy at the feed store in Poth and he said he had them last week on 100 acres of grass. To wet to get a truck into spray so he had to get a plane out of Pearsall to spray the pastures on his place.

Do you think all of this rain will kill a lot of them off or just have to wait for cooler weather?

Well to answer my own question; NO. Just got a report that there are lots of them still around in Jack County

My LO out in Throckmorton County says its a bad year there for them as well.

Saw some wheat between Albany and Hubbard Creek lake yesterday that was about 2" tall and looking good, hope it makes it.

We had none until all the rain the last few weeks. Now we are covered with them and they are taking out everything.

Have sprayed hay meadow for 5th time yesterday. Last week the spray did not kill all of them and now hearing we have a different worm called Beet army worm moved in. Normal mix does not kill them, Need double strength. I usually plant all my food plots all in a couple days but not this year. Just gambled and planted 3 that are 3 to 4 acres each but waiting on the rest.

BTW, chickens and mockingbirds love them!

Renda will get all species of the army worm, I have been spraying it for the last few days trying to salvage my coastal...it will also get the grasshoppers, and many other pests, on contact. Got to have a license to purchase it though, unfortunately, it has nominal residual, so you mst put lots of water down to get an effective kill.

As I recall, they will be around between 7and 21 days...which enough time to completely destroy a standing hay crop. Hope this information helps!

Thanks crapicat, will keep that in mind but were cutting the meadow this week and im done worrying with them for a while. Unless the get in foodplots.

LO told me yesterday that Army Worms cut a swath through my 320. 80 acre wheat that was full of volunteer wheat 2 weeks ago, gone to a nub. He was not going to sow it this year but now will have to.

Thank goodness for the rains, some of the pasture has recovered. In Murray, Woodson area, SW Young County.

4W

Getting ready to plant Thursday morning, got my you know whats crossed

uh Stubs, try a looser pair of britches, those str8 legs will do it every time

BTW, Looked for 2 hours yesterday for AW couldn't find 10 on the grass where there had been 1000's, I believe most here have gone into the ground, dug up a couple spots and found a lot in pupa stage. I hope that in the couple week it takes for them to emerge, the weather isnt as conducive to their survival.

If the 10 day weather forecast holds true, we might get lucky and see the last of them

They got us at home, not at the land, but hole 3, 5, 6 and 18 on the course sure did get ate up quick

I had 1.70 to 1.85" of rain yesterday and found army worms in my spring food plots about an hour ago. I had plowed when I plowed my fall plots. I have not planted any oats yet so they will have to live off of the sour grass and grass-burs that are new growth in those areas I found the army worms.

Hopefully cold snap and rain will end the armyworm problem. Have sprayed 1st 10 acres I planted twice and found a few again this mourning. Got 12 more acres just up good and im tired of baby sitting the plots.

cos

I bet your right on the cold and rain putting a end to those little bastages life for this season anyways

Ate the hay fields down to nothing in Houston county this year