Armyworms: A Wriggling Menace Takes New York
Posted in Wildlife on June 25th, 2012 by Matt Newman – Be the first to comment
Live in New York City? I’ll hazard a guess you’re not starting your day with a cup of chicory and a thumb through the latest farmer’s almanac (Brooklyn’s urban agriculturists notwithstanding). But for mainland growers in the Empire State’s west end, a crawling menace on the horizon makes for an ugly forecast. Some wheat farmers are already seeing the fallout of this hungry pestilence, blown up from–where else?–the south.
Bear with me. Being a southerner, I get free license to poke fun at the legacy.
