x] Beetles 105 
often found as they usually hide during the day time. 
The wireworms feed throughout the whole of their 
lives on the roots of either cultivated or wild plants, 
except in frosty weather, when they go deep down into 
the soil. After a thaw they come up again and feed. 
B 
Fig. 30. Click beetle or wireworm beetle. A, wireworm; B, pupa; 
C, click beetle. (About twice natural size.) 
Remedial Measures. 
The first remedy which suggests itself is if possible 
that of preventing the eggs being laid. This has proved 
of little use to the farmer as it cannot be successfully 
carried out on grass land and clover leys. In gardens a 
number of beetles may be trapped by means of small 
heaps of clover covered with boards or tiles. The 
beetles which shelter in these traps may be collected 
at intervals and destroyed. This should be done in 
April and May before the eggs are laid as the beetle 
itself does no damage and no advantage is gained if 
they are trapped after laying their eggs. Wireworms 
