Cream-colored coarctate pupae of a beetle resting on dark organic soil.

Yellow female western corn rootworm beetle perched at the tip of a corn leaf against dark background.

Yellow and black marked female western corn rootworm beetle resting on a green corn leaf .

Western #corn #rootworm adults & pupa from #Illinois #CropSciences #Entomology research plots. #Beetles have been out for ca. 2 weeks. #WCR larval pressure looks very good at present. Great conditions to evaluate products. #Diabrotica #virgifera #Chrysomelidae #Coleoptera

Posterized image of two western corn rootworm beetles mating in a corn leaf with a poem superimposed on the image.

A #ValentinesDay relationship advice message from my favorite agricultural pest, the western #corn #rootworm, #Diabrotica #virgifera