Wire worm (Agriotes spp., Elateridae ,Coleoptera)

• Larvae of click beetle .
• Its also root damaging insect .
• Primary host :maize and potato and secondary host :crucifere crop and cucurbits
• If click the head of adult insect , snapping into air so called click
• Larvae is long and cylindrical and hard called wire worm .
• Body color of adult is brown to dark .
• Female laying in root
• They damage the embryo of seed , which cause less germination of seed which causes less germination of seed.

Identification

• If click the head of adult insect , snapping into air so called click
• Larvae is long and cylindrical and hard called wire worm .
• Body color of adult is brown to dark

Management

• Break monocropping and intercropping legumes .
• Deep ploughing at summer .
• Used fungal pathogen .