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European Wireworms1 in Canada with Particular Reference to Nova Scotian Infestations2

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

D. C. Eidt
D. C. Eidt
Affiliation:
Field Crop Insect Laboratory, Saskatoon, Sask.
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Wireworms are considered among Europe's most destructive insects, particularly Agriotes lineatus (L.), Agriotes obscurus (L.), and Agriotes sputator (L.). These species have been introduced at certain isolated localities on the East Coast and the first two on the West Coast of Canada. They are known to be particularly widespread in Nova Scotia where they and native Agriotes mancus (Sav) cause cansiderable crop damage.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 85 , Issue 11 , November 1953 , pp. 408 - 414
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1953

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