However, the holes are large and deeper. Not a great amount of information is known about the corn wireworm. This wireworm does spend more than one year as destructive larvae in the soil. Adult click beetles prefer to lay eggs in grassy undisturbed soil. Hence, land put out of production for several years or land previously in sod harbor this species.
Control consists of avoid land previously in sod or out of production.
The preplant use of fumigants for nematodes will also provide some control of this soil inhabitant. Traditional applications of a granular insecticide over the row in late July are thought to be of little value against the corn wireworm. Preplant broadcast and incorporate in the soil 4-6 inches. Do not make more than 1 application per season. Lorsban 4E 4 pt.