📸 Last week, we joined @eufawready.eu in Milan for the FIRST in-person workshop since the @horizoneu.bsky.social project kicked off.

👍 We enjoyed talks & posters showcasing the project's work concerning fall #armyworm management across Europe, and joined the planning of the resulting #publications.

New research in #RESPhysEnt

Effect of #Hsp83 on the survival and reproductive fitness in the fall #armyworm, #Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: #Noctuidae)
doi.org/10.1111/phen.70007

#StressResponse #RNAi
@wybouw.bsky.social @tbuescher.bsky.social @tobybruce.bsky.social @wiley.com

Migration extent and potential economic impact of the fall armyworm in Europe - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Migration extent and potential economic impact of the fall armyworm in Europe

(2/2) … modeling results reveal big potential #economic impacts with annual losses in southern Europe—which is climatically suitable for permanent #FAW establishment—exceeding €900 million in the worst-case: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #armyworm #insects #pest

Migration extent and potential economic impact of the fall armyworm in Europe - Scientific Reports Scientific Reports - Migration extent and potential economic impact of the fall armyworm in Europe

The fall #armyworm (FAW) is a key agricultural #pest native to the Americas that feeds also on #maize. Since 2016, FAW spread across the globe, severely impacting #agriculture and posing a threat to global #foodsecurity. Following its detection in #Europe in 2023… (1/2) doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Zimbabwean farmers face crop-munching armyworm after drought | Context Climate change is fuelling the spread of crop-destroying fall armyworm in Zimbabwe, dealing another blow to drought-hit farmers

Climate change is fuelling the spread of crop-destroying fall #armyworm in #Zimbabwe, dealing another blow to drought-hit farmers. Farai Shawn Matiashe reports for @contextnewsroom.bsky.social
www.context.news/climate-risk...

Climate change is fuelling the spread of crop-destroying Armyworm in Zimbabwe, dealing another blow to drought-hit farmers > www.thezimbabwean.co/2025/03/zimb... via #ClimateCrisis #GlobalWarming #SevereWeather #Flood #Drought #ArmyWorm #FoodSecurity #Rushinga #Kadirire #Zimbabwe #Africa

Factors influencing the current and future distribution of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in Ethiopia The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), is among the key invasive pests attacking maize and sorghum, the staple cereals in many countries in Africa. The determination of h...

New paper in Agricultural and Forest Entomology using @gbif.org mediated data:

Factors influencing the current and future distribution of the fall #armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (#Lepidoptera: Noctuidae), in #Ethiopia 🇪🇹

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1111/afe.12671

Redirecting

New paper in Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment using @gbif.org mediated data:

A system dynamics model for predicting African #armyworm occurrence and population dynamics

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109378

One tan caterpillar with brown stripes and diamonds on the back

3 of them, 2 are underneath the dried grass blades instead of on top

Fresh batch of bug sons i didn't know existed - fall armyworm moth babies, must've been some eggs i missed when adding plants to the terrarium ages ago
There's 3, there might've been more but they're apparently cannibals so ✨

#caterpillar #moth #armyworm #larvae #bugs #bugsky #inverts #invertsky

#Nigeria approved #GMO maize varieties that are #drought-tolerant and resistant to #stemborer & armyworm, with a #yields advantage up to 10 tons/ha (vs an average of 6 tons/ha). #Armyworm in Africa can destroy #maize to feed 100 m people: www.aatf-africa.org/press-releas... #foodsecurity

#armyworm outbreaks wreaking havoc with production in #Malawi #SouthAfrica #Zambia #maize

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