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Miller time
Mischievous moths harassing area
new deh moth pic
The moths invading the area are millers, shown above. - photo by COURTESY PHOTO
Look out Mothra.It’s not a scene from a cheesy Japanese science fiction flick, but swarms of pesky, messy miller moths have descended on the Golden Belt on their annual migration westward. Although harmless, “they can be a pretty big nuisance,” said Phil Sloderbeck, a Kansas State University Extension entomologist out of Garden City.“Miller” is a loosely used term generically applied to a number of different moth species. However, the variety invading the area now are the matured army cutworms.These moths are generally gray or light brown and have wavy dark and light markings on the wings.