Dead "heart" (photo above)
Stunted ears (photo above)
Several species share the same habitat and may cause similar looking injury
European Corn Borer - no purple (photo above)
Corn Earworm - multicolored stripes (photo above)
Hop vine borer - no stripe on side of head, burrows up from root (photo above)
Fall Armyworm - multicolored stripes (photo above)
Southwestern Corn Borer - dark spots, no stripe on side of head (photo above)
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