Is this a Grub worm?
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Has anyone tried Milky Spore for grub worms??
Comments (18)I read the A&M link. It wouldn't be the first time A&M was wrong about something. Plus they're about as Agri-business as you can get. Their testing of organic methods is often suspect. Their conclusion about the ineffectiveness of Milky Spore could be simply because they didn't account for it's 2-3 year establishment time. I have no proof about the effectiveness of Milky Spore. I applied it at the proper time according to instructions about 25 years ago. I haven't had noticeable grub damage in my lawn since then. Maybe it's luck, or it's attributable to other factors or methods. A few of those years I treated the lawn for fleas, but most years not. I live in South Texas with alkaline clay soil. The only thing milky spore or lawn insecticide treatments can be expected to do is to kill the larvae in the soil. The adults are not feeding when you see them bouncing off your exterior lights or your forehead. They lay their eggs and then die. The prime time to treat them is as soon as you stop seeing them around your outdoor lights. They've laid their eggs and died. The larvae are near the surface, small, and tender. When I dig in my yard, I often see a few grubs. The thing to remember is that, regardless of what control method you use, you can never kill them all. The only time you won't see grubs is when they turn into adults and come out of the ground to fly around bouncing off of things till they lay eggs and die. rangier...See MoreGrub worms
Comments (20)A lot of people mistake other beetles for the Japanese Beetle. There is one beetle in particular that is very similar with similar feeding and appearance and is commonly mistake for them in Oklahoma. The Japanese Beetles are not widespread in Oklahoma and have only been here for a few years in the counties that have them now. There is a regularly updated list of counties and states that have them but I cannot recall the website name right now. I will look for it. After seeing some (I thought) I contacted the expert at OSU a few years ago and he told me that we very likely did not have them near me at that time. He provided a picture of a nearly identical one that is the one usually mistaken for them here and it turned out that this was exactly what I had. Since then they have turned up in a couple more Oklahoma counties and in larger numbers but still the northeast is the only area confirmed with them in this state according to the official national JB monitoring page....See MoreHelp! Grub worms eating vegetable plants.
Comments (10)Here's a picture (not mine--it's from the internet but this is what's out there. I will try to get a picture from my garden later). They are just underneath the surface and go down a few inches. If I dig them up they burrow back underneath the ground. From what I read they are beetle larvae, and it seems like they usually ruin lawns by eating the roots. I am guessing these things are all over my yard, and they are what killed off the grass that once existed in my backyard (when we moved in it was already just weeds and dirt, but I do know there was once sod, maybe 6 or 7 years ago). Now they are in my garden bed eating all the plant roots. I wish they could just eat the roots of weeds in my yard! Thanks to everyone for responding! I hope the picture helps if anyone has experience with these. I'm thinking since my entire yard is infested I might have to just spray the entire area with pesticides and start again next year. I'm wondering if anyone agrees that's the best option? I know a picture of the actual infestation might help so you can see how prolific these grubs are. I will get one later. Thanks again for any input....See MoreGrub/worm good/bad?
Comments (15)I have never heard grubs called good before. They feed off roots, your lawn roots or roots of other plants. They attract undesirable critters. Your lawn can "withstand" a certain number of grubs, that does not mean its good for the lawn. The hatched beetles eat leaves of plants. I have never seen mine eat tomato leaves but they will migrate on your property and choose plants they like an do damage to those. Personally, I kill any I find. I have Japanese, Oriental and Asiatic. I hate every one of them. If they are not munching the lawn as grubs they are decimating my basil, eating my flowers, or making plants leaves look a mess, and even eating enough of the leaves to damage the plants. Mine love my roses and basil the most. That said, they will not hurt your tomato plants. But they certainly don't do any "Good". Worms are good. Great in fact. But not grubs. It would take a lot to change my mind about that, lol....See More- 16 years ago
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