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It sounds like science fiction, but it’s science fact. Wireworms have been infiltrating fields for decades, causing unwanted damage in growers’ crops. It’s a tough pest to manage, as they eat almost ...

The click beetles have a catchy name and in the adult stage they represent no threat to cereal crops. Unfortunately this beetle’s larval stage—wireworms—can crimp a wheat producer’s profits if he has ...

Wireworms are no longer as big a problem for farmers as they have been over the last decade and a half, a longtime Washington State University researcher says. “They can still rear their ugly heads, ...

Purdue Extension entomologists encourage corn farmers to be on the lookout for wireworms prior to planting. The click beetle larvae feed on corn seed germ and can prevent plants from sprouting.

Wireworms may not be one of the leading corn pests, but where they are present, they can cause significant stand losses. Wireworms are the larvae of click beetles and live in soils across North ...

Potato farmers worldwide are facing a threat that's literally eating into their profits, reported Potato News Today. Wireworms, the larvae of click beetles, are tunneling through potato tubers at an ...

When wireworms feast on potatoes, the results aren't pretty: The spuds' surfaces are left punctured, pitted and unappealing. For the past few years, scientists have sought a solution in the form of ...

PHEREMONE beetle traps to warn potato growers of wireworm attacks could soon be available, thanks to British Potato Council-funded testing of the idea. Damage from wireworms, the larvae of click ...

As wireworms spread across P.E.I., costing potato growers millions of dollars by damaging crops, farmers are turning to a new rotation crop for the fight. Wireworms, the larval form of the click ...

Farmers in southern Alberta are gearing up for spring seeding and so are the pests that can hamper crop production. Joe Ripley farms near Spring Coulee, Alta., and one insect in particular has been ...

Q. I hope you can help me. I like to plant a garden. My problem is my potatoes. They develop holes in them later on in their development. These holes are about a quarter-inch in size and about a ...