wireworm

A noun referring to the wormlike larva of various elaterid beetles, which feeds on the roots of many crop plants and is often considered a pest.

• 🇨🇳金针虫，指叩甲科昆虫的幼虫，体形细长呈蠕虫状，生活于土壤中，取食多种农作物的根和茎，是常见的农业害虫。

1. Insect larva C1 formal scientific

   The slender, hard-bodied, wormlike larva of various click beetles (family Elateridae), which feeds on the roots of many crop plants and is often a pest in agriculture.

   • Wireworms can cause significant damage to potato and corn crops.
   • Farmers use crop rotation to reduce wireworm populations in the soil.
   • The gardener found wireworms feeding on the roots of the young seedlings.
   • Wireworms are most active in cool, moist soil conditions.

   🇨🇳金针虫

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