I was thinking the same thing Lisa, but I have no recollection of ever planting any in my yard. Of course my memories not what it used to be! I think I'll leave it be for a while and see what happens.

Those humongous beetle grubs really do help break down organic matter into compost! When I opened one plastic bag of leaves, which I had been saving since spring, I was surprised to find nothing but pure black evenly moist compost. What???? When I emptied the bag I found about about 18 huge rhinoceros beetle grubs in it . Evidently a mama beetle had laid her eggs in the leaves, rain water had leaked in to provide moisture and those guys went to work making wonderful rich compost. The 18 grubs went into my compost pile to finish their life cycle and the compost into the hole where I am transplanting some yellow cestrum ... :-) Isn't nature amazing! Oh, and I had enough leaves to thickly cover the barely emerging weeds, which will be enough to smother them.

OMG. Yes. I wondered about that, but they looked so much like grass. Crazy. How do you control them? They're popping up like mad in our parkway where the palms are. Thanks!

bumping to see if anyone has any ideas