Found some wilting soybean plants in one field. So I checked it out. Couldn't figure out what was making the stem so weak at ground level or slightly below. Didn't seem to be a hole in the stem. Thought maybe it would be sudden death or something, but that has not gotten to this area of the country yet.  It took some carefullness taking the stem apart, and there it was, in the middle of the stem and crawled right to the bottom. Very easy to miss. It's so small.

Anyway, can't seem to find the creature anywhere in my books. Thought maybe you guys knew what it was.  I'm not too worried since there is less than 1% of the plants affected, but would like to know who came for dinner. 

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