wireworks

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Ducks greedily devour wireworms and leather jackets, thus ridding the soil of these pests.

From Time Magazine Archive

Six species of cotton insects, along with an assortment of thrips, fruit moths, leaf hoppers, caterpillars, mites, aphids, wireworms, and many others now are able to ignore the farmer’s assault with chemical sprays.

From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson

If you ask my opinion of books, Mr. Hazlewood, I tell you that I think books is as bad for some people as wireworms is for carnations.

From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton

A slight sprinkling of soot between the layers of soil will be beneficial, and help to make it distasteful to grubs, wireworms, and other vermin.

From The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition by Sutton and Sons

Meanwhile B. Oriole does a great deal of work, for he is a tireless member of the guilds of Tree Trappers and Ground Gleaners, eating hosts of caterpillars, wireworms, and beetles.

From Citizen Bird Scenes from Bird-Life in Plain English for Beginners by Fuertes, Louis Agassiz