Re: CULT: Click Beetle Was: Borer wannabes
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Click Beetle Was: Borer wannabes
- From: D* B* <d*@ptialaska.net>
- Date: Sun, 26 Apr 1998 21:43:18 -0600 (MDT)
There is a description and picture of the beetle at:
http://www.ext.vt.edu/departments/entomology/factsheets/clickbee.html
This site describes them as brown, but ours are black, and other
sites list them as reddish brown to black.
Duane
J. Michael, Celia or Ben Storey wrote:
>
> >I'm not "Southern" but I wonder if this could be a variety of wireworm.
> >It's an immature click beetle, and your description sounds similar to
> >the critter that I found in my horseradish. It devastated the older
> >roots but left the new ones alone.
> >
> Duane, are click beetles those skinny blackish brown guys that hop about
> making a snapping sound? If so, I find those things in the summer. Perhaps
> my fan-rooting wirey grub is an immature click beetle. Thanks.
>
> I can just see Bill Shear rolling his eyes over these sloppy descriptions.
> Sorry, Bill! Ain't got not book know-how 'bout insect creeters.
>
> celia
