Most Southeastern potato farmers, both sweet and Irish, contend a wireworm is a wireworm and the only good one is a dead one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

The wireworm and slugs are both very fond of Pinks and Carnations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference

The nutty roots are often eaten by earth vermin, especially wireworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hardy Perennials and Old Fashioned Flowers Describing the Most Desirable Plants, for Borders, Rockeries, and Shrubberies.] Reference

Every "Adonis" potato is inoculated for wireworm before leaving our grounds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917] Reference

Small Potatoes, roughly hollowed out, or pieces of Carrot, may be used as traps for wireworm and other vermin.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

Allotment holders throughout the country hope the order will be read out to any wireworm or potato-moth that attempts to land at our ports.    From Wordnik.com.  [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, May 23, 1917] Reference

Even sifting will not rid the soil of its presence with certainty, but by spreading thin layers of the mould evenly upon a hard, level floor, and passing a heavy roller over it east and west, then north and south, the wireworm will be disposed of.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference

It is ideal for the potato patch as it inhibits wireworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Life and style | guardian.co.uk] Reference

MARK ABNEY, North Carolina State University entomologist, collects wireworm samples.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

Fields with a history of high wireworm densities will tend to maintain those populations over many years.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

Such fields should be avoided for potato production if there is a low tolerance for wireworm injury on tubers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

The remaining organophosphate insecticides that have shown good, though still inconsistent, efficacy on wireworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

The good news is the state's late-planted corn is not likely to see increased problems with corn rootworm and is likely to see reduced wireworm damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

wireworms often spend multiple years in the soil and a complete life cycle from egg to adult may take 1 to 5 years depending on environmental conditions and wireworm species.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

Since grasses are excellent hosts for wireworms, fields recently cleared, previously in sod or pasture, or planted with grass cover crops are more prone to high wireworm densities.    From Wordnik.com.  [Southeast Farm Press RSS Feed] Reference

Among the Diptera, the 'leather-jacket' grub of the crane-fly, feeding like the wireworm on roots, has a larval life extending through the greater part of a year, while the maggot of the bluebottle, feeding on a rich meat diet, becomes mature in a few days.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Life-Story of Insects] Reference

Carnations, the wireworm.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference