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Report  on  Wireworm. 
pupae,  or  chrysalids,  in  July  and  August;  but  it  is  considered 
that  some  probably  pass  the  winter  in  this  condition,  and  come 
up  with  the  return  of  warm  weather  in  the  next  season. 
Figures  illustrative  of  the  Wireworm  in  the  several  stages  of  its 
development * 
1,  2,  7-10.  Elatcr  lineatut ; 3,  4.  E.  obscurus ; 5,  6.  E.  sputator , magnified,  and  with  natural  length 
shown. 
Figures  illustrative  of  Millipedes  often  mistaken  for  Wireworms  * 
1.  Julus  Londinensis  ; 2,  3.  J.  guttatus , nat.  size  and  mag. ; 4.  J.  terrestris;  5.  horn  magnified  ; 
6,  7.  Eolydesmus  complanatus , nat.  size  and  mag. 
The  click  beetles  are  of  many  kinds,  and  are  commonly  from 
a quarter  to  half  an  inch  in  length,  and  of  a breadth  of  about  a 
third  of  their  length,  and  brownish  in  colour,  with  a pair  of 
long  horns,  and  six  legs.  The  wireworms  are  commonly  of  a 
straw  colour,  and  of  the  shape  given  in  Figs.  7,  8.  When  exa- 
mined very  carefully  they  will  be  seen  to  have  six  little  legs, 
like  claws,  one  pair  on  each  of  the  three  wings  nearest  to  the 
After  Curtis,  ‘ Farm  Insects,’  by  permission  of  Messrs.  Blackie  and  Son. 
