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Agriotes ustulatus
Agriotes ustulatus, commonly known as western click beetle, is a species from the family Elateridae that is widely distributed in central and southern Europe. The larvae (wireworms) are regarded as agricultural pests of maize and other crops like sugar beet, sunflower, wheat or potatoes. In maize, mainly the germinating seeds are attacked, but in other crops the roots of seedlings are damaged. The adult beetles do not damage crops and feed mainly on the flowers of...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 499899.