Champion Daylilies
Wireworms
Wireworms are shiny, slender, cylindrical, hard-bodied, wire-like, yellow-to-brown larvae found at all times of the year and in almost any kind of soil; the larval (or wireworm) stage of this beetle may last several years. Adults of these larvae are known as click beetles.
Damage
Wireworm larvae injure crops by devouring seeds in the soil, thus preventing seedlings from emerging; by cutting off small, underground stems and roots; and by boring in larger stems and roots.
Management
Soil fumigants and certain other pesticides kill wireworms, but special controls are seldom needed.
Wireworms