Table 4.
Wireworm species identified as damaging maize seeds and plants in fields monitored with bait traps expressed as a percentage of the total number of larvae collected from damaged plants
| Fields (no.) | Species in bait traps | Agriotes ustulatus | Agriotes brevis | Agriotes sordidus | Others | Total number of larvae |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | Agriotes ustulatus | 99.5 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1,015 |
| 31 | Agriotes brevis | 0.1 | 99.6 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 754 |
| 88 | Agriotes sordidus | 0.1 | 0.2 | 99.7 | 0.0 | 622 |
This table considers only fields where bait traps caught larvae belonging to one species