![]() ![]() Primarily tomato and corn, but also feed on asparagus, beans, beet, brassicas, broccoli, cantaloupe, carrot, celery, collards, cucumber, eggplant, lettuce, okra, onion, peas, pepper, potato, radish, rhubarb, spinach, squash, sweet potato, turnip and watermelon, plus tree fruits, and small fruits. Variegated cutworms readily climb trees to feed on buds, foliage and even tree fruit.Larvae are also defoliators and may feed on fruits, roots, and tubers as well.Older larvae feed near the soil surface, cutting off young plants at or below ground surface and sometimes pulling them underground to consume.Young larvae begin feeding on foliage in early May.Early instar (life stage) larvae may feed during the day, but larger larvae feed at night and seek shelter during the day in soil or elsewhere. ![]()
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