Selon les estimations, des indemnités d'environ 3 millions de dollars, soit 20 p. 100 de toutes les indemnités d'assurance-récolte versées aux agriculteurs de l'île, sont attribuables aux ravages de la larve de taupin.
Estimates are that approximately $3 million in claims, or 20 per cent of the total crop insurance claims paid out to Island farmers, have been due to wireworm damage, and that is just in Prince Edward Island. It is an issue in all potato-producing areas.