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Armyworms: The hungry caterpillar threatening a global food crisis

by Richard Poplak

An armyworm caterpillar eating the kernels of a cob of corn. (Photo: Cabi/AFP/Getty Images)

A plague of armyworms is marching across Africa, devastating crops, and claiming new territory at an alarming rate.

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