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How to Manage Pests
Pests in Gardens and Landscapes
Pest identification
and confirmation—Common caterpillars
Here are six common, often confusing, caterpillars found in
backyards:

Looper
Distinctive looping movement;
2 prolegs
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Corn earworm
(Tomato fruitworm)
Distinct stripes with
short hairs
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Imported
cabbageworm
Velvety; faint stripe
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Variegated cutworm
Hairless; bumpy skin
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Beet armyworm
Nearly hairless,
striped greenish
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Western
yellow-striped armyworm
Dark colored, hairless with yellow stripe
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