夜や盗とう虫むし

noun

cutworm; armyworm

Refers to the larvae of certain moths (Noctuidae) that feed at night, often damaging crops. The term is used in agricultural and gardening contexts.

• 夜や盗とう虫むしがキャベツの苗なえを食くい荒あらした。

  Cutworms ravaged the cabbage seedlings.

• 庭にわの夜や盗とう虫むしを駆く除じょするために、夜よるに見み回まわりをした。

  I patrolled the garden at night to get rid of the cutworms.