How to Use cutworm in a Sentence

cutworm

noun

• The cutworm comes from a moth laying their eggs in the soil.
  — oregonlive, 24 May 2020
• Killing a cutworm with a trowel or farmer’s knife (Hori-Hori) will save woe in terms of labor and time.
  — Margaret Lauterbach, idahostatesman, 17 Apr. 2018
• One of the stranger animals that the bears eat must be army cutworm moths, also known as miller moths.
  — Douglas Main, National Geographic, 25 June 2019
• In the distance there were snowbound peaks where grizzlies in summer eat army cutworm moths, and broad plateaus where the bears graze the grass and dig for grubs.
  — National Geographic, 19 May 2017
• Grizzlies, which are a type of brown bear, also like to spend their days turning over rocks in search of army cutworm moths.
  — Jason Bittel, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2019
• At the end of the season, these tobacco plants had much less leaf damage than others from grasshoppers and cutworms.
  — Quanta Magazine, 16 Dec. 2013
• These types of nematodes are effective against a variety of pest species including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2017
• These types actually combat a variety of pest species, including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
  — The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018
• Winter cutworms are invasive insects that were first seen in Oregon during 2001, then identified shortly after.
  — OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
• A typical menu includes slugs, snails and caterpillars including cutworms.
  — Sarah Stolz, Cincinnati.com, 26 May 2017
• Pests monitored: Pheromone lures are available for diamondback moths and moths that produce armyworms, cabbage loopers, corn earworms, European corn borers, tomato pinworms, and cutworms.
  — The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 18 Dec. 2017
• Another possible pest, but far less visible, are winter cutworms (Noctua pronuba).
  — OregonLive.com, 5 May 2018
• Nicia Gdanski, an extension master gardener in Lenexa, improvises cutworm-preventing collars around each plant using the mouth of a plastic water bottle or even toilet paper tubes.
  — Roxie Hammill, kansascity.com, 13 May 2017

Last Updated: 9 Nov 2024