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wireworm

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wireworm, elongate, cylindrical larva of the click beetle click beetle, common name for members of the widespread beetle family Elateridae. Also called elater beetle, the click beetle has a hinge across the front of the body that allows it to flex, and a spine-and-groove arrangement on the underside of the body that
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. Most wireworms are hard and brown, but members of some species are soft and whitish. Wireworms live in rotten wood or in the ground and feed on roots and seeds, injuring potatoes, grasses, and a wide variety of leguminous field crops. They live for 2 to 10 years before pupating in the ground or in wood. Methods of control include letting the land lie fallow, rotating crops, and special methods of cultivation. Wireworms are classified in the phylum Arthropoda Arthropoda (ärthrŏp`ədə) [Gr.,=jointed feet], largest and most diverse animal phylum.
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, class Insecta, order Coleoptera, family Elateridae.

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See bulletins of the U.S. Dept. of Agriculture.


wireworm
the wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles, which feeds on the roots of many crop plants and is a serious agricultural pest


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