Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) caterpillar. This larva is a pest of many agricultural crops, including maize (Zea mays). It is being studied as

---

Fall armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) caterpillar. This larva is a pest of many agricultural crops, including maize (Zea mays). It is being studied as part of research into genetically altered maize which may result in the larva only growing to half its normal size.

---

Size: 2482px × 3626px
Photo credit: © BARRY FITZGERALD/US DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 19th, anatomy, animal, anning, biological, biology, britain, century, collecting, collector, diapsid, diapsida, dolichodeirus, dorset, england, europe, fauna, fossil, fossilised, great, head, herpetology, historical, history, jurassic, kingdom, london, lyme, marine, mary, museum, natural, nature, nineteenth, palaeontology, palaeozoology, paleontology, plesiosaur, plesiosauria, plesiosaurid, plesiosauridae, plesiosauroidea, plesiosaurus, prehistoric, prehistory, regis, reptile, reptilia, sauropsid, sauropsida, sauropterygia, sauropterygian, specimen, uk, united, victorian, wildlife, zoological, zoology