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  1. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    observed trapping and
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

  2. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  3. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  4. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  5. THEY DO WHAT?? 😮

    "Rice plants and #VenusFlytraps share something in common that was not scientifically documented until recently. Using a faint smell to lure caterpillars into a trap, rice plants killed early-stage fall armyworm larvae by trapping them in a spikelet, the part at the end of a rice panicle where individual grains develop."

    #Rice #plants observed trapping and #killing #fall #armyworm #caterpillars
    phys.org/news/2026-05-rice-fal

    #Science #ScienceNews #Discovery #Predators #Ambush #IAmDB

  6. I think this might be a yellow-striped armyworm moth (Spodoptera ornithogalli). Found resting inside the nozzle receptacle at a gas pump. Very friendly. #MothWeek #moths #armyworm #noctuidae #lepidoptera #insect #gas

  7. #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: aatf-africa.org/press-release- #foodsecurity

  8. 2X Macro Fall Armyworm Larva on a Magnolia Seed Pod

    📷 Canon SL2/200D - Canon EF-S 60mm Macro - 65mm Extension tubes

    #photo #photography #macro #Extensiontubes #insect #Larva #Armyworm #ArmywormLarva #CanonSL2 #CanonMacro

  9. 2X Macro Fall Armyworm Larva on a Magnolia Seed Pod

    📷 Canon SL2/200D - Canon EF-S 60mm Macro - 65mm Extension tubes

    #photo #photography #macro #Extensiontubes #insect #Larva #Armyworm #ArmywormLarva #CanonSL2 #CanonMacro

  10. 2X Macro Fall Armyworm Larva on a Magnolia Seed Pod

    📷 Canon SL2/200D - Canon EF-S 60mm Macro - 65mm Extension tubes

    #photo #photography #macro #Extensiontubes #insect #Larva #Armyworm #ArmywormLarva #CanonSL2 #CanonMacro

  11. 2X Macro Fall Armyworm Larva on a Magnolia Seed Pod

    📷 Canon SL2/200D - Canon EF-S 60mm Macro - 65mm Extension tubes

    #photo #photography #macro #Extensiontubes #insect #Larva #Armyworm #ArmywormLarva #CanonSL2 #CanonMacro