I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night. Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous SE
QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I
googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones. These
are much lighter in colour, more greyish. The area where I have the light
is obviously where I see them (I can't see in the dark yet but once my
carrots come up i think might eyesight will improve 10 fold) but the lawn
there is very healthy. Around the back further it is yellowing off but I
thought that may have been a fungus as it is only yellow where it got lots
and lots of water when I was establishing my vege garden.

Should i be concerned about these beatles? I love my lawn atm as I have it
very lush and green (i know there is many lawn haters out there but i'm not
one). Would rather not use a pesticide if it will kill off earth worms as I
am only just now starting to notice them around in the gardens but if the
choice has to be made between worm and lawn lawn will win every time. Who
am I to sit back and let mother natures lawn die when it could be so easily
saved?

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Cheers
Petesin

You could try getting Heather Mills McCartney - she would certainly ward off
any Beatles now.

As for the Beetles- maybe you could get a big native lizard as a pet? They
like eating beetles.

You can tell what sort of an influence on spelling the music industry has.
Beatles are these http://www.beatles.com/ good site
Beetles are these http://www.1974beetle.com/
The Real Beetles http://www.coleoptera.org/
"Wily Wilde" wrote in message
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You could try getting Heather Mills McCartney - she would certainly ward
off any Beatles now.

As for the Beetles- maybe you could get a big native lizard as a pet? They
like eating beetles.

"Petesin" wh@tthe**** wrote in message
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I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night.

anyone with the gift of raising the dead is all right by me ;-)

Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous SE
QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I
googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones.
These are much lighter in colour, more greyish. The area where I have the
light is obviously where I see them (I can't see in the dark yet but once
my carrots come up i think might eyesight will improve 10 fold) but the
lawn there is very healthy. Around the back further it is yellowing off
but I thought that may have been a fungus as it is only yellow where it
got lots and lots of water when I was establishing my vege garden.

Should i be concerned about these beatles? I love my lawn atm as I have
it very lush and green (i know there is many lawn haters out there but i'm
not one). Would rather not use a pesticide if it will kill off earth
worms as I am only just now starting to notice them around in the gardens
but if the choice has to be made between worm and lawn lawn will win every
time. Who am I to sit back and let mother natures lawn die when it could
be so easily saved?

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

i think you firstly need to identify them for sure, because they might not
be "bad" beetles anyway. we are coming up to beetle-time-of-year, after all.
i think (?!) the csiro & others have resources on creature-identification -
do you have a local uni you can ask at? does your local library or bookshop
have any books on it? you might be able to find a good website with
pictures. _if_ they are destructive, you could think about what to do then
because the treatment will probably vary depending on the problem. i'm quite
the fan of natural selection - utilising predators :-)

i think though that anything which endangers worms is probably utter madness
& needs to be carefully considered (after all, worms are good for lawn,
too). we haven't enough worms here yet & believe me, it shows. worms are
absolute magic so think very very carefully before doing anything that is
dangerous to them.

my vote is: identify the beetles, then go from there. with any luck, you
don't need to do anything.
kylie

the stupid thing is i spelt it 'ee' all the way through then went back and
changed it to 'ea' before i posted it .... anyway i have heaps of lizards in
my yard and i can't see any damage just yet so i will leave it be for now.
The ta ta lizards (at least that's what i call them) should be nice and fat
by the end of summer!

"Petesin" wh@tthe**** wrote in message
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I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night. Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous
SE QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I
googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones. These
are much lighter in colour, more greyish. The area where I have the light
is obviously where I see them (I can't see in the dark yet but once my
carrots come up i think might eyesight will improve 10 fold) but the lawn
there is very healthy. Around the back further it is yellowing off but I
thought that may have been a fungus as it is only yellow where it got lots
and lots of water when I was establishing my vege garden.

Should i be concerned about these beatles? I love my lawn atm as I have
it very lush and green (i know there is many lawn haters out there but i'm
not one). Would rather not use a pesticide if it will kill off earth
worms as I am only just now starting to notice them around in the gardens
but if the choice has to be made between worm and lawn lawn will win every
time. Who am I to sit back and let mother natures lawn die when it could
be so easily saved?

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Cheers
Petesin

Thats OK You were having a senior moment.
"Petesin" wh@tthe**** wrote in message
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the stupid thing is i spelt it 'ee' all the way through then went back and
changed it to 'ea' before i posted it .... anyway i have heaps of lizards
in my yard and i can't see any damage just yet so i will leave it be for
now. The ta ta lizards (at least that's what i call them) should be nice
and fat by the end of summer!

"Petesin" wh@tthe**** wrote in message
...
I have noticed in the last month a huge increase in beatles in my yard at
night. Tonight when i went out to put the sprinkler on (don't be jealous
SE QLDers) there was probably around 20 to 30 jumping around the path. I
googled lawn beatles a while back but all i got was some black ones.
These are much lighter in colour, more greyish. The area where I have the
light is obviously where I see them (I can't see in the dark yet but once
my carrots come up i think might eyesight will improve 10 fold) but the
lawn there is very healthy. Around the back further it is yellowing off
but I thought that may have been a fungus as it is only yellow where it
got lots and lots of water when I was establishing my vege garden.

Should i be concerned about these beatles? I love my lawn atm as I have
it very lush and green (i know there is many lawn haters out there but
i'm not one). Would rather not use a pesticide if it will kill off earth
worms as I am only just now starting to notice them around in the gardens
but if the choice has to be made between worm and lawn lawn will win
every time. Who am I to sit back and let mother natures lawn die when it
could be so easily saved?

Any ideas would be very much appreciated.

Cheers
Petesin