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Lawn Armyworm Can anyone help me confirm this identification? Found a large swarm of these destroying a sports field. Geotagged,Lawn armyworm,Papua New Guinea,Spodoptera mauritia Click/tap to enlarge PromotedSpecies introCountry intro

Lawn Armyworm

Can anyone help me confirm this identification? Found a large swarm of these destroying a sports field.

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    Woow! These are very nice! ..do you live in Papua? Welcome to JD! :-)
    And I think you are right on the ID, based on the picture I see here:
    https://www.ncipm.res.in/NCIPMPDFs/Publication/Swarming_caterpillar.pdf
    page 10     Posted 5 years ago, modified 5 years ago

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The Lawn armyworm

''Spodoptera mauritia'', the lawn armyworm or paddy swarming caterpillar, is a moth of the family Noctuidae. The species was first described by Jean Baptiste Boisduval in 1833. Able to eat many types of food, it is a major pest throughout the world.

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Uploaded Jul 3, 2020. Captured in Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea.
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