Definition of wireworm in English:
wireworm
noun ˈwʌɪəwəːmˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərm
The wormlike larva of a click beetle. Many wireworms feed on the underground parts of plants and can cause damage to arable and other crops.
Example sentencesExamples
- More wireworms and white grubs have been observed and increased numbers of dingy cutworms, which overwinter here, are likely.
- It appears that these seed applied insecticides and liquid insecticides will be effective in protecting seeds from seed feeding insects such as wireworms and seedcorn maggots.
- Later in the season, wireworms will feed on plant roots and may damage developing potato tubers.
- While often corn might quickly outgrow the threat of significant pest damage, when plant growth stalled, armyworms, cutworms, wireworms, and white grubs found opportunity.
- Although the risk of injury from seedling insects such as wireworms and seed corn maggots is reduced with a later planting, there is no post-emergence treatment for these insects.
Definition of wireworm in US English:
wireworm
nounˈwaɪ(ə)rˌwərmˈwī(ə)rˌwərm
1A wormlike hard-skinned larva, especially of a click beetle. Many wireworms feed on the underground parts of plants and can cause damage to arable and other crops.
Example sentencesExamples
- Although the risk of injury from seedling insects such as wireworms and seed corn maggots is reduced with a later planting, there is no post-emergence treatment for these insects.
- It appears that these seed applied insecticides and liquid insecticides will be effective in protecting seeds from seed feeding insects such as wireworms and seedcorn maggots.
- While often corn might quickly outgrow the threat of significant pest damage, when plant growth stalled, armyworms, cutworms, wireworms, and white grubs found opportunity.
- Later in the season, wireworms will feed on plant roots and may damage developing potato tubers.
- More wireworms and white grubs have been observed and increased numbers of dingy cutworms, which overwinter here, are likely.
- 1.1 A myriapod, especially of the millipede genus Iulus, which damages plant roots.