budworm
Spruce forest destroyer
A budworm is a caterpillar that feeds on the buds and developing foliage of trees, particularly conifers.
The spruce budworm is among the most destructive forest pests in North America, capable of defoliating vast stretches of fir and spruce: The budworm outbreak killed millions of acres of timber.
Tobacco budworm damages crops.
Neat; also a conifer
- firCone-bearing evergreen genus
- coniferCone-bearing tree
- timberWood for construction
- standUpright support structure
canopy · defoliation · silviculture · reforestation · seedling · sapling · pulpwood · boreal
Pest takeover situation
- outbreakSudden eruption of trouble
- damageHarm or impairment
- controlAuthority to direct
- eradicationTotal elimination of something
spray · insecticide · aerial spraying · epidemic · suppression · monitoring · biological control · parasitoid
Immature feeding stage
- mothNight-flying lepidopteran
- LepidopteraButterfly and moth order
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
- pupaInsect's resting stage
cocoon · chrysalis · instar · molt · caterpillar · life cycle · hatchling · eggs
Plant fiber for textiles
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- bollwormCrop-damaging caterpillar
- fieldArea of specialty
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
scouting · row crop · vegetable · ornamental · greenhouse
spruce
Neat; also a conifer
stand · canopy · defoliation · silviculture · reforestation · seedling · sapling · pulpwood · boreal · forest health
infestation
Pest takeover situation
eradication · spray · insecticide · aerial spraying · epidemic · suppression · monitoring · biological control · parasitoid · predator
larva
Immature feeding stage
- mothNight-flying lepidopteran
- LepidopteraButterfly and moth order
- metamorphosisProfound biological restructuring
pupa · cocoon · chrysalis · instar · molt · caterpillar · life cycle · hatchling · eggs · adult
cotton
Plant fiber for textiles
- crop damageHarm to cultivated plants
- bollwormCrop-damaging caterpillar
- fieldArea of specialty
resistance · scouting · row crop · vegetable · ornamental · greenhouse
- tortrix mothsleafroller
- caterpillarscaterpillar, inchworm, silkworm, inchworms, hornworm
- crop pestsaphids, aphid, armyworm, beetles, cutworms
- plant pestsaphids, aphid, caterpillar, mealybugs, mites
- conifer pestsbark beetles, mountain pine beetle, pine beetle, bark beetle, sawflies
budwormbeneficial insect
Arthropod aiding agriculture
pollinator · lacewing · natural predator · parasitoid · natural enemy