Definition of Wireworm. Meaning of Wireworm. Synonyms of Wireworm

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Definition of Wireworm

Wireworm
Wireworm Wire"worm`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) One of the larv[ae] of various species of snapping beetles, or elaters; -- so called from their slenderness and the uncommon hardness of the integument. Wireworms are sometimes very destructive to the roots of plants. Called also wire grub. (b) A galleyworm.

Meaning of Wireworm from wikipedia

- may enter houses, but are not pests there. Click beetle larvae, called wireworms, are usually saprophagous, living on dead organisms, but some species...
- molitor, often rarely do so. The larvae, known as mealworms or false wireworms, are usually fossorial, heavily sclerotized and nocturnal. They may possibly...
- Monocrepidius exsul (Sharp, 1877) (pasture wireworm) Monocrepidius falli (Lane, 1956) (southern potato wireworm) Monocrepidius ferruginosus (Fall, 1929)...
- oldest methods of weed control as well as being useful for pest control; wireworms, the larvae of the common click beetle, are very destructive pests of...
- Monocrepidius exsul, known generally as the pasture wireworm or sugarcane wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. v t e...
- (grub-like), campodeiform (elongated, flattened and active), elateriform (wireworm-like) or vermiform (maggot-like). The larva grows and eventually becomes...
- Monocrepidius vespertinus, the tobacco wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. Turnipseed, Sam G.; Rabb, Robert L. (1965-12-01)...
- Agriotes obscurus, the wireworm click beetle, is a species of click beetle native to Europe. Male Male Male Linnaeus C. (1758). Systema naturae per regna...
- Agriotes mancus, the wheat wireworm, is a species of click beetle in the family Elateridae. It is found in North America. "Agriotes mancus Report". Integrated...
- and wireworm larvae of click beetle genera such as Aeolus. Aphid damage can often be tolerated, whereas armyworms can eat whole leaves. Wireworms kill...