Corn earworm
They primarily feed on flowers and fruit from the host plant, as well as on the corn of immature cobs and ears. Adults of corn earworm are nocturnal, since [...] small quantities of eggs, between one and three, in the hairs of green ears of corn. The larvae feed on the hairs of the young corn and on the young kernels [...] Life cycle and appearance of the corn earworm The eggs of corn earworm are a milky-white colour, which turn dark grey before hatching, and have a ribbed