Western Corn Rootworm (IMAGE)

University of Missouri-Columbia

Western Corn Rootworm

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The western corn rootworm was first classified as a corn pest in 1867. Its green relative, the northern corn rootworm, was classified as a corn pest in Illinois and Missouri by the late 1870s

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Joseph Spencer, Illinois Natural History Survey.

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