Small white maggots tunnel into onion roots and bulbs, causing seedlings to wilt or die and older bulbs to become soft, damaged and prone to rot.

Small white larvae feed on corn roots underground, causing stunting, poor anchoring and sometimes bent or “goosenecked” plants.

Small white maggots that tunnel into roots, causing brown scars, rot, wilting and poor growth.

Tunnels winding through the root. Damage often concentrated toward at the bottom. Small cream-coloured maggots.