Corn Earworm ProjectBy: Gause Elementary

                                                            

                                                            

                                                            

                                                            

                                                            

                                                            

Problem 1: What type of animal is eating the corn?

Should it be eliminated?

Hypotheses

Life cycle of Heliocoverpa zea

Conclusion

The corn earworm moth is food for bats and other animals. If the moth is

completely eliminated, it could seriously affect the animals that rely

on it for food. Before eliminating the moth, research should be done on the

animals that feed on the moth.

Problem 2: Why do you usually find only one larvae per corn

cob?

Hypotheses

Conclusion

The corn earworms are cannibals. The larvae eat each other.

Problem 3: Which of the crops listed below can earworm larvae

survive on?

Apple

Corn

Tomatoes

Strawberries

Potatoes

Green beans

Conclusion:

We need to retest and change the food every day to prevent rotting

or retest using live plants.

Problem 4:

Will corn earworm moths drink Sweet-n-low and water, Equal and

water, and sugar water?

Conclusion

(12 moths tested)

7 Sugar

2 Sweet-n-Low

1 Equal

Resources:http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r783300111.html

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/r113300911.html

http://www.oznet.ksu.edu/dp_hfrr/extensn/problems/crnerwrm.htm

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/veg/corn_earworm04.htm

http://entowww.tamu.edu/extension/answers/identify/chew/corn_earworm.html

http://www.pioneer.com/usa/agronomy/insects/resistant_hybrids.htmhttp://images.google.com/images?q=bats&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&start=40&sa=N

Slide show created by:

Alton Bryant

Cody Wall

Kelsey Robertson

And Micah Burns