Fall armyworm is primarily a pest of maize and sorghum and polyphagous on several host plants including banana. Incidence on banana is at low levels and it cooccurs with the other Spodoptera species. .
1 Fall army worm feeding on banana flag leaf
2 Fall army worm feeding on banana flag leaf
3 Egg mass of fall armyworm
4 Egg mass of fall armyworm
5 Egg mass of Spodoptera frugiperda
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8 Early stage larva
9 Fall armyworm on maize
10 Fall armyworm on maize
11 Fall armyworm on maize
12 Fall armyworm on maize
13 Fall armyworm on maize
14 Fall armyworm on maize
15 Fall armyworm on banana leaf - darker variant
16 Fall armyworm on maize
17 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
18 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
19 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
20 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
21 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
22 Full grown larva feeding on maize leaf
23 Full grown larva feeding on banana
24 Full grown larva feeding on banana foliage
25 Full grown larva feeding on banana leaf
26 Full grown larva feeding on banana leaf
27 Fall armyworm larva on banana
28 Spodoptera frugiperda feeding on banana leaf
29 Head of fall armyworm
30 Anal end fall armyworm larva with dorsal pinacula arranged in a square shaped pattern
31 Pupa of Spodoptera. frugiperda
32 Fall armyworm - pupa
33 Pupa of Spodoptera. frugiperda
34 Pupal apex with a pair of spines on cremaster
35 Pupa - apex with a pair of spines on cremaster
36 Adult moth
37 Campoletis chlorideae, a parasitoid of FAW
38 Telenomus remus is a common egg parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.
39 Chelonus formosanus is a common egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.
40 Cocoon of Chelonus formosanus (Ex. Spodoptera frugiperda)
41 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of FAW
42 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.
43 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp.
44 Chelonus sp. nr. blackburni, an egg-larval parasitoid of Spodoptera spp. - Female
45 Cocoon of Chelonus sp., an egg-larval parasitoid of fall army worm
46 Larva of Chelonus sp., an egg-larval parasitoid of fall army worm
47 Cocoon of Chelonus sp., an egg-larval parasitoid of fall army worm
48 Cocoon of Temelucha sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
49 Temelucha sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm (Female)
50 Temelucha sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm (male)
51 Coccygidium sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
52 Coccygidium sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
53 Microplitis sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
54 Euplectrus sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
55 Euplectrus sp., a larval parasitoid of fall army worm
