western corn rootworm

Insects: Seed, Cone, Flower, Bud and Fruit Damaging Insects
Hexapoda (including Insecta) > Coleoptera > Chrysomelidae > Diabrotica virgifera virgifera LeConte

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1243169 Adult(s) Whitney Cranshaw
1243170 Adult(s) Adult chewing cabbage leaf Whitney Cranshaw
1243171 Adult(s) Comparison of western corn rootworm (left, center) and striped cucumber beetle (right) Whitney Cranshaw
1243180 Adult(s) Adults feeding on watermelon fruit. There is a single western corn rootworm in this picture with the others being striped cucumber beetle Whitney Cranshaw
1320015 Adult(s) The adult stage of the western corn rootworm (shown searching for pollen on corn silk) is the target of ARS' first areawide integrated pest management program for corn. Tom Hlavaty
1481113 Adult(s) Frank Peairs
1481126 Adult(s) Frank Peairs
1481155 Adult(s) Frank Peairs
5303047 Adult(s) Whitney Cranshaw
5303049 Adult(s) Adults in pumpkin flower. A Xenoglossa sp. digger bee is also in the flower Whitney Cranshaw
5357050 Adult(s)

The two beetles closest to the tip of this ear of corn are adult western corn rootworms (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).

William M. Brown Jr.
5365610 Adult(s)

Adult western corn rootworm beetles (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) on the leaf of a dry bean plant - male on the left, female on the right.

Howard F. Schwartz
5361238 Damage

Field of corn showing signs of lodging due to damage caused by the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).

R.L. Croissant
5361239 Damage

Damage to corn silks due to feeding by adult western corn rootworm beetles (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).

R.L. Croissant
5360694 Damage

Damage to the leaf of a corn plant, caused by feeding of adult corn rootworm beetles (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).

Eugene E. Nelson
5361041 Larva(e)

Larva of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera).

Frank Peairs
5361237 Larva(e)

Larva of the western corn rootworm (Diabrotica virgifera virgifera) on roots of a corn plant.

R.L. Croissant
1481175 Larva(e) Frank Peairs
1321048 Larva(e) Western corn rootworm larvae (about one-quarter inch long). Scott Bauer


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