Larvae feed on plant roots, but adults do more serious and apparent damage by feeding on new leaves, shoots, and inner foliage. Infested plants appear tattered and unhealthy. It is believed that this weevil also is parthenogenetic. One generation occurs each year. This insect can cause serious injury in an ornamental nursery and in the landscape.
Adults are primarily gray with a light-colored band along the outer margin of each wing.
As with several other weevils, adults cannot fly and reproduce parthenogenetically. Only one generation occurs each year. Wireworms are the larval forms of click beetles. Larvae are hard-shelled, smooth, and shiny from yellow to brown in color, and live in soil. They feed on roots, bulbs, and crowns of plants.