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Title: What are wireworms


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What are wireworms?
  • Adult click beetle
  • Eggs laid in soil
  • Larvae feed on plant parts in the soil
  • May take several yrs to complete development

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Wireworm Larval Identification
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Wireworm ID Basics
last abdominal body segment is elongated with no
projections/urogomphi 
Melanotus spp.
4
Wireworm ID Basics
Limonius spp.
last abdominal body segment is elongated and
"keyhole-shaped". 
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Wireworm ID Basics
Conoderus spp.
Pseudopod
last abdominal body segment has slightly curved
urogomphi (projections)
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WIREWORMS
Conoderus spp.
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