130 PRACTICAL CORN CULTURE 
and even through the underground part of the stalk. This 
usually results in the total destruction of the plant. 
Their eggs are laid most commonly in grasslands, and 
their life history is such that their injuries to corn are most 
severe the second year after grass. Late fall plowing and 
The Corn Wire- The Corn Wireworm 
worm (Melano- (Melanotus cribulosus) 
tus cribulosus, ) adult. 
larva. 
crop rotation with frequent clover crops are the practical 
methods employed to prevent injury by this insect. 
Seed Corn Maggot (Phorbia fusciceps): This maggot 
eats the interior out of both sprouting and unsprouted ker- 
nels. The adult is very similar in appearance to the common 
