Ohio’s Country Journal (Columbus, Ohio, June 14) – Some early season caterpillars and slugs are out and feasting on small, late-planted corn and soybean fields. These fields are especially vulnerable to damage from insects this year, according to University of Illinois Extension entomologist Nick Seiter. “In general, the later the planting, the younger the plant is when they feed on it,” Seiter says. “And younger plants are less able to overcome that stress.”