{"id":3963,"date":"2021-11-11T14:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.agrimatco.ma\/ennemi\/wireworms\/"},"modified":"2021-11-11T14:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T13:30:13","slug":"wireworms","status":"publish","type":"ennemi","link":"https:\/\/www.agrimatco.ma\/en\/ennemi\/wireworms\/","title":{"rendered":"Wireworms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Wireworms (<em>Agriotes<\/em> spp.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Identification :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Wireworms commonly called wireworms are beetles including several species belonging to the genus <em>Agriotes<\/em>and the family of Elateridae.<\/li>\n<li>The larvae reach 25mm in length and are orange \/ brown in color with a narrow, segmented body, biting jaws and 3 pairs of short legs behind the head.<\/li>\n<li>Its integuments are strongly sclerotized, hence its name of &#8220;wireworm&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Adult beetles are dark brown or black and are about 2 cm long.<\/li>\n<li>When alarmed, adults can leap into the air by flexing the joint between the abdomen and thorax, creating a tension like a coil spring that, when released, catapults the insect into the air, emitting a dry noise.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Biology :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adult females lay eggs in the soil in the spring.<\/li>\n<li>The eggs hatch about 1 month later and the young larvae begin to feed on the organic matter in the soil.<\/li>\n<li>This first instar is white and is 1 to 2 mm long. At this point, very little economic damage is done.<\/li>\n<li>The larvae continue to grow by molting at the end of each instar and the complete life cycle can take up to 5 years.<\/li>\n<li>Mature wireworms pupate underground for about 4 weeks, and new adults emerge in July or August and overwinter until the following spring when they lay their eggs.<\/li>\n<li>At any time, a field can contain all stages of the beetle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Symptoms :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Adults of wireworms are not harmful.<\/li>\n<li>It is the larva, which is very polyphagous, which causes damage by attacking beets during the establishment phase, during which it cuts the rootlets.<\/li>\n<li>This damage occurs mainly from emergence to the 4-6 leaf stage and can be extensive, including destruction of seedlings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Control :<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Chemical control using <strong>VYDATE 10G<\/strong> at a dose of 20 Kg \/ ha.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-3963","ennemi","type-ennemi","status-publish","hentry"," nt-post-class"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wireworms - Agrimatco<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.agrimatco.ma\/en\/ennemi\/wireworms\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wireworms - Agrimatco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Wireworms (Agriotes spp.) Identification : Wireworms commonly called wireworms are beetles including several species belonging to the genus Agriotesand the family of Elateridae. 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