I had great hopes for our sweet corn harvest this year.  I planted, diligently watered and weeded, and watched as the corn grew amazingly.  The plants looked healthy and happy.  Then, while visiting, my sister noticed that the silks were looking odd.  They were stunted or falling off.  They were shorter and drier than they should be given the time of year and size of the corn.  She thought the corn might have a worm problem.  I pulled back the husk on one to discover little worms feasting on the silks and moving down into the kernels.  As far as I know, this is corn earworm.  Every single plant was infested.  Forty plants ravaged.