The Distribution and Abundance of Wireworms in the Annapolis Valley of Nova Scotia

Abstract

The Annapolis Valley is about 100 miles long and is one of the largest and most important of the agricultural areas of the province. The general relief is undulating to gently rolling, with general slopes from the North and South Mountains to the Annapolis and Cornwallis Rivers. The soils of the Annapolis Valley and Hants County were described by Harlow and Whiteside (6) and Cann, Hilchey and Smith (1). A wireworm survey was conducted between 1951 and 1958 since it was suspected that economically important species of European wireworms, namely Agriotes sputator (L.), A. obscurus (L.), and A. lineatus (L.), which occur elsewhere in the province, might be invading the area. The results of this survey are reported here.