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(Diabrotica virgifera) - Life Cycle |
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Adults: The adult Western corn rootworm is yellow and brown with yellow stripes on their wings. Click for larger image |
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Eggs: The adult female beetle, after about three weeks of feeding, begins laying eggs around the base of the corn plants in soil cracks. The white egg is football-shaped and only about .004 inch (0.1 mm) in length. |
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Larvae: The larvae are white slender worms about 1/2 (12 mm) long with yellowish-brown heads and have six small legs on the forepart of the body. |
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| Pupae: The mature larvae pupates in cells formed in the soil. The pupae are white and have the basic shape of the adult. |
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Damage inflicted by western corn rootworm to corn
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