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Why This Corn Pest May Lose Its Nickname of 'Billion-Dollar Beetle'
The Western corn rootworm, known as “the billion-dollar beetle” because its...
A cornfield in Franklin, Pa. (Photo by Fishhawk of Flickr, Creative Commons)
Corn rootworm adult feeding on silk. (Photo by Sarah Zukoff)
Corn rootworm damage. (Photo by Keith Waldron)