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Wireworm
Related Category: Zoology: Invertebrates
elongate, cylindrical larva of the click beetle. Most wireworms are hard and brown, but members of some species are soft and whitish.
FIG. 18. - A, Wireworm; B, pupa of Click Beetle; C, adult Click Beetle (A griotes lineatum), b c a FIG. 15. - Glow-worm. Lampyris noctiluca. a, Male; b, female; c, larva (ventral view). Europe.
FIG. 16. - Clerus apiarus(Hive Beetle). Europe.
The larvae of certain Eleodes species are also known as false wireworms, and they are a pest of some commercial crops in the Midwest. Larvae are slender, shiny, darkish green to brown, and hard bodied.
However, moles are also useful. They eat many pests which are harmful to plant roots, such as leatherjackets, wireworms and cutworms. Their tunnelling helps to aerate the soil which is important to waterlogged areas.
Larvae of some species of Coleoptera are called grubs, wireworms and rootworms.
Where Do Beetles Live?
During the rains, animal material is eaten for protein in preparation for breeding. Beetles, grasshoppers and termites are preferred. Other edibles are snails, wireworms, millipedes, spiders, snakes, and ticks it picks off warthogs.
These are elateriform larvae, and are found in the click beetle (Elateridae) and darkling beetle (Tenebrionidae) families. Some elateriform larvae of click beetles are known as wireworms.
 See also: Beetle, Diver, Aphid, Termite, Weevil
  
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