Fields must be posted. Do not feed tops to livestock within 30 days of last application. Field re-entry interval is 48 hours. Fields must be posted. They are a yellowish-white to copper color.
Wireworms are difficult to detect and control.
They feed on a wide variety of crops and weeds. They tend to be more prevalent in light textured soils or in soil that has not been in crop production for a number of years. Frequent cropping and working the soil helps reduce wireworm problems. Currently, there is no established threshold for wireworms in sugarbeets. Most insecticides used for sugarbeet root maggot control will help control wireworms.