Lawn lovers across south-east Queensland are waking up horrified by the sight of their once-green grass turning brown almost overnight.
Once the armyworms finish with a food source — i.e. your yard — they march onto the next. Hence their name.
The larvae, or caterpillars, often shelter during the day and feed at night, leaving residents shocked at what they find in the morning, as they told ABC Sunshine Coast: "Victim of the little bastards here. Our yard flooded really badly, so initially I thought a few patches were where the water had been lying for a long time. Woke up on Saturday morning and it was all dead." —"We were pretty shocked to have a nice green lawn after all the rain and then literally overnight it was demolished. Nothing I've seen before.
Mr McDonald said armyworms were a natural biological process throughout Queensland and the rain and cooler weather in recent weeks had provided ideal conditions for them."Then they'll move on once they've pretty much chewed up the food source, you'll see the numbers decline."
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