WSB, A New Laboratory Diet for the Corn Earworm and the Fall Armyworm123

A new wheat-based diet was used successfully to rear the corn earworm, heliothis zea(Boddie), and the fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda (J. E. Smith), in the laboratory. The cost of ingredients was lower, and a minimum of time was used to prepare the diet compared with other diets used for these species.