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	Corn Earworm Biology and Management in Soybeans
		Earworms grow to l 1/2 inches in length and can be distinguished from other caterpillars by the presence of four pairs of prolegs (see drawings) and being covered with tiny dark hairs or spinules.
		Adults: Corn earworm moths are tan to yellowish with a small dark spot near the middle of each front wing, and a dark band along the trailing edges of both front and hind wings.
		Corn earworms overwinter as pupae in the soil.
	www.ext.vt.edu /pubs/entomology/444-770/444-770.html (3275 words)

	Corn Earworm
		In the mid-west, corn earworm is typically a late season pest of sweet corn, though field corn is also a common host of this pest.
		Corn earworm larvae can also be distinguished from other caterpillars by the fl tubercles that cover their bodies, the 3-4 stripes running dorsally down their bodies, and their tan heads.
		Though corn earworm does feed on foliage, the major economic damage to corn is a result of ear feeding.
	www.mda.state.mn.us /pestsurvey/Factsheets/cornearworm.html (747 words)

	Top 10 Songs Stuck in Your Head
		Earworms are those songs, jingles, and tunes that get stuck inside your head.
		Men are just as likely to do nothing as to fight their earworms.
		But he found that when people battle their earworms, nearly two-thirds of the time they try to use another tune to dislodge the one that's stuck.
	www.webmd.com /content/article/61/67505.htm (372 words)

	Earworm -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Earworm may also refer to the (additional info and facts about Helicoverpa zea) Helicoverpa zea (corn earworm).
		Earworm, a literal translation of the (A person of German nationality) German Ohrwurm, is a term for a song stuck in one's head, particularly an annoying one.
		A specially-composed earworm ("Tenser, said the tensor...") plays a central role in the science-fiction novel (additional info and facts about The Demolished Man) The Demolished Man by (additional info and facts about Alfred Bester) Alfred Bester.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/e/ea/earworm.htm (278 words)

	Corn Earworm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Adult corn earworm moths vary in color and markings, but the forewings are usually light yellow or yellowish brown, with dark irregular lines and a dark area near the tip.
		In the United States, the corn earworm is a destructive pest of corn, cotton, and tomato, especially in the South.
		Damage by corn earworms in a greenhouse can be reduced by adequate screening of window and open areas, as well as proper sealing of door edges.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG136/cater5.html (605 words)

	Corn Earworm
		Corn earworm larvae vary greatly in color ranging from light green or pink to dark brown or nearly fl.
		In central to northern regions, earworm infestations are a result of moth flights from warmer climates, as most winters in the central - northern corn belt are too severe to allow for overwintering.
		Injury caused by the corn earworm ranges from destruction of the host crop to cosmetic damage that may cause a crop to be unmarketable.
	www.lgseeds.com /lg_tech2/earworms.asp (299 words)

	Corn Earworm
		On sorghum, the earworm is generally found entwined in the seedhead feeding on seeds and flower stems.
		Economic thresholds for the corn earworm vary with the crop and with the part of the crop being attacked.
		In corn and sorghum controls are warranted when 80 percent of the whorls are infested with one earworm or when 40 percent of the whorls have two or more earworms.
	ipm.ncsu.edu /AG271/corn_sorghum/corn_earworm.html (730 words)

	CBS News \| The Wrong Song Long In Your Head \| October 21, 2003 00:46:32
		Kellaris, whose most pervasive personal earworm (Byzantine chants) likely has something to do with his wife's job as a church choir director, has been interested in the topic of earworms for decades.
		For marketers, earworms can be a "double-edged sword," helpful if consumers look upon a memorable jingle favorably but with the potential to breed negativity toward a brand if the stuck song is viewed as annoying or unwelcome, said Larry Compeau, a marketing professor at Clarkson University and executive officer of the Society for Consumer Psychology.
		"The trick with earworms or with any kind of piece of music in advertising is to make sure the music is going to trigger the kinds of emotions or feelings you want the consumer to experience," he said.
	www.cbsnews.com /stories/2003/10/20/entertainment/main578961.shtml (879 words)

	Corn Earworm -- UVM Extension Entomology Leaflet 66
		The corn earworm* is one of the most destructive insects attacking corn, especially sweet corn.
		When earworm damage is detected in early varieties, prevent further infestation by applying 1/2 - 3/4 of a medicine dropper of mineral oil into the silk just inside the tip of each ear.
		Earworms may be gouged out after the silk begins to turn brown and when you are sure that pollination is complete.
	www.uvm.edu /extension/publications/el/el66.htm (1017 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Corn Earworm and Tobacco Budworm on Lettuce
		Corn earworm eggs are white when first laid, but soon develop a dark red or brown ring around the top.
		The tobacco budworm is similar in appearance and life history to the corn earworm; it occurs in lettuce in the southern desert areas of California.
		If not disrupted by pesticide applications, the corn earworm's natural enemies can frequently reduce its populations to tolerable levels, particularly between thinning and heading, when plants are not so vulnerable to damage.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r441301011.html (659 words)

	Corn Earworm/Cotton Bollworm Advisory
		Each year we sample corn fields in July to determine corn earworm population levels and what to expect when the pest moves from corn into the next series of host crops which includes soybeans, cotton and peanuts.
		The size of the earworms seen in sampled ears is also helpful in predicting when moths are likely to leave corn to infest other crops including soybean and cotton.
		Corn fields in 32 eastern counties were surveyed for presence and age of corn earworm larvae in ears.
	ipm-www.ento.vt.edu /nipmn/VA-IPM/updates/ear-bollworm.html (834 words)

	corn earworm - Helicoverpa zea
		Overall, the head tends to be orange or light brown with a white net-like pattern, the thoracic plates fl, and the body brown, green, pink, or sometimes yellow or mostly fl.
		Although it is easily confused with corn earworm, it rarely is a vegetable pest and never feeds on corn.
		Corn earworm is considered by some to be the most costly crop pest in North America.
	creatures.ifas.ufl.edu /veg/corn_earworm.htm (2794 words)

	Corn Earworm Reference Page
		The corn earworm may be present throughout the season but is most abundant during August and September.
		Biology and life history The corn earworm overwinters as a pupa in the soil except in some areas in the north, where it is unable to survive the winter.
		The summer generations overlap, resulting in a regular and gradual build-up of the corn earworm population from the beginning to the end of the year.
	www.tvpestalert.net /reference/Crops~~Corn~~Corn+Earworm~~.html (1237 words)

	Corn Earworm
		The body of the moth is buff to grayish brown in color, with a dark spot in the center of each front wing and dark bands near the back of the wings.
		Because corn earworm moths lay their eggs on the silks and the larvae crawl directly into the ears, field scouting is not an effective way to monitor for this insect.
		Therefore, control recommendations are made based on the number of corn earworm moths caught in pheromone traps on a nightly or weekly average.
	pmo.umext.maine.edu /swetcorn/cew.htm (630 words)

	The Word Spy - earworm
		Her experience reflects a phenomenon shared by the vast majority of people, according to an ongoing study at the University of Cincinnati.
		The research also indicates that people who get the most earworms tend to listen to music frequently and have neurotic habits, such as biting pencils or tapping fingers.
		An earworm is also sometimes called a sticky tune or a cognitive itch.
	www.wordspy.com /words/earworm.asp (271 words)

	AllRefer.com - corn earworm (Zoology: Invertebrates) - Encyclopedia
		corn earworm or cotton bollworm, destructive larva of a moth, Heliothis zea.
		Also known as tomato fruitworm, the larva attacks a variety of crops, boring into and feeding on the developing fruits : tomatoes, corn kernels, or cotton bolls.
		Topics that might be of interest to you:
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/C/cornearw.html (162 words)

	corn earworm on Encyclopedia.com
		Maize silk maysin concentration and corn earworm antibiosis: QTLs and genetic mechanisms.
		Registration of EPM6 and SIM6 maize germplasm, high silk-maysin sources of resistance to corn earworm.
		Quantitative Trait Loci for Antibiosis Resistance to Corn Earworm in Soybean.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/c1/cornearw.asp (305 words)

	UC IPM: UC Management Guidelines for Corn Earworm on Corn
		Corn earworm moths are most active during evening and night.
		Generalist predators such as lacewings, minute pirate bugs, and damsel bugs feed on corn earworm eggs and small larvae.
		Insecticidal control of corn earworm is difficult and depends on proper timing and thorough coverage.
	www.ipm.ucdavis.edu /PMG/r113300911.html (676 words)

	JS Online: Can't...get...that song... out of... my HEEAAAD!
		They are "earworms," those infectious little ditties that burrow into your cranium (often during morning drive-time) and then rattle around in your tortured bean all day.
		As unlikely as it might seem, "earworm" is actually a scientific - or at least an academic - term.
		He believes the prime ingredient in a truly pervasive earworm is the song, although a truly odious performance can greatly enhance the experience.
	www.jsonline.com /onwisconsin/music/feb04/210460.asp (984 words)

	Corn Earworm
		Corn earworm is a serious insect problem in Colorado, especially in the southern and western parts of the state.
		Corn earworm moths are most active during evening hours.
		Ear damage from corn earworm larvae is characterized by extensive excrement at the tip of the ear.
	www.ext.colostate.edu /ptlk/1468.html (359 words)

	Corn earworm
		In agriculture, however, the tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens (Fabricius)), is similar to the corn earworm and presents control problems because of insecticide resistance.
		Caterpillars of the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. Smith) and, in the northwestern corner of the Texas panhandle, the European corn borer, Ostrinia nubilalis (Hübner) and the western bean cutworm, Loxagrotis albicosta (Smith) also enter the ears of corn and feed on kernels.
		Life Cycle: Corn earworm eggs are pin-head sized and has characteristic ridges.
	entowww.tamu.edu /fieldguide/cimg319.html (504 words)

	snarkout: attack of the earworms
		Perhaps persistent songs are like recurring dreams, she says: "Something in the back of your mind is trying to tell you something." As proof, Deutsch cites her own experience.
		The other suggestion made about earworms is that they tend to have unusual time signatures or be especially rhythmic.
		One of my guiding beliefs about the human species is that people are pattern-seeking -- that is, people attempt to parse the sensory input, looking for repetition to make some sort of sense of it.
	www.snarkout.org /archives/2001/10/10 (696 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| 'Brain itch' keeps songs in the head
		In Germany, this type of song is known as an "ohrwurm" - an earworm - and typically has a high, upbeat melody and repetitive lyrics that verge between catchy and annoying.
		The research is of particular interest to both the pop industry - looking to boost sales - and to advertisers, who often use jingles to get their brand name stuck in the head of listeners.
		"One of the key elements of an earworm is repetition," he said.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/3221499.stm (610 words)

	WFPK Radio Louisville 91.9FM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		This is what the Earworm of the Day is all about - tell us what song gets stuck in your head and refuses to leave.
		Either way, cast your vote by emailing us your favorite/least favorite/most effective Earworm, then tune in every weekday morning at 7:20 as James does the dirty work of playing them.
		Here's an interesting story from the BBC on the areas of the auditory cortex that are affected by music.
	www.wfpk.org /programs/earworm.htm (183 words)

	That song that won’t stop is an ‘earworm’ - January 13, 2004
		That song that won’t stop is an ‘earworm’ - January 13, 2004
		Earworms typically have a sing-songy melody and repetitive words and phrases.
		A University of Cincinnati expert, James Kellaris, studied earworms and concluded that they owe their success to the ability to create a "cognitive itch" that can only be scratched by the offending tune.
	www.mailtribune.com /archive/2004/0113/local/stories/17local.htm (205 words)

	Earworm - earworm records
		The corn earworm overwinters as a pupa within an earthen cell two to four inches deep in Approximate timing for corn earworm infestations in Missouri
		The corn earworm is the most serious of sweet corn in North Carolina.
		Infestation of corn earworm occurs from June to frost.
	overlist.com /ovls/earworm.html (446 words)

	Urban Dictionary: earworm
		The most effective way to get rid of an earworm is to replace it with another.
		Earworms usually last anywhere between 2 to 6 weeks (based on how often the song plays) and occur about every other month.
		Urban Dictionary is not appropriate for all audiences.
	www.urbandictionary.com /define.php?term=earworm&r=f (342 words)

	GuysBlog: Earworm (Ohrwurm) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
		Now, they say that he calls them earworms, as though this was a new label, but this term has been around for years, and is just a translation from the German: "Ohrwurm."
		Deep down, I'd like to believe that I don't really care that much about priority and doing things first and getting proper credit and all that, but sometimes a matter comes along that is so supremely unimportant, so trivial and petty, that one can get...
		I do not like the term earworm because I feel like it is stuck someplace deeper then my ear.
	swexegete.typepad.com /GuysBlog/2003/10/earworm_ohrwurm.html (637 words)

	Researcher confirms existence of 'earworms' / 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head
		Researcher confirms existence of 'earworms' / 98% of people have had songs stuck in their head
		A recent study by the University of Cincinnati looked at the affliction, which the author, James Kellaris, calls "earworms" from the German word ohrwurm.
		The ear part is obvious, but the worm part isn't incidental.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/08/12/MN129881.DTL (474 words)

	Halfbakery: Earworm Hotline
		As if it were an ancient and mysterious riddle that must be solved.
		It would be a good thing to start an automated hotline that good folks could call to replace bad stuck songs (aka, earworms) with good tunes.
		If you call with Madonna and hang up with Enya, you'll be glad you did.
	www.halfbakery.com /idea/Earworm_20Hotline (596 words)

	Corn Earworm (also called Bollworm and Tomato Fruitworm) - Helicoverpa zea (Bodie)
		Eggs hatch in 2-5 days; larvae feed for 2-4 weeks and pupate in the soil for 2-4 weeks.
		Corn earworm light and dark phases on soybeans
		Watch for population movement to other hosts as corn dries down.
	www.gaipm.org /top50/cornearworm.html (405 words)

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