Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Hello all

Just found one of those disgusting fat worm like creatures in a pot on my
balcony, the ones that eat all the roots.
I emptied all the pots as other plants had failed to grow and were growing
weaker.

Can someone explain how they find their way on to a balcony, do they start
out as an egg having been carried there by a flying insect and do they
travel from pot to pot?

My balcony is up high and has full light and sun all day but manages to
attract more livestock than you can poke a stick at.

Be glad of any help to keep these wormlike things at bay.

Thank you, Kate
(Sydney)

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Kate Spencer wrote:
Hello all

Just found one of those disgusting fat worm like creatures in a pot on
my balcony, the ones that eat all the roots.
I emptied all the pots as other plants had failed to grow and were
growing weaker.

Can someone explain how they find their way on to a balcony, do they
start out as an egg having been carried there by a flying insect and do
they travel from pot to pot?

My balcony is up high and has full light and sun all day but manages to
attract more livestock than you can poke a stick at.

Be glad of any help to keep these wormlike things at bay.

Thank you, Kate
(Sydney)

Can you give a better description of the animal? What colour is it? How
long/wide? Does it have legs or claws? How many body segments (3 - 10 -
or many)?

If you mean the fat whitish grubs from one to three inches long that
curl into a ring and have six orange claws, then those are beetle larvae
and they certainly are laid in the soil as an egg. They bite too (check
out the mouthparts)!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Can you give a better description of the animal? What colour is it? How
long/wide? Does it have legs or claws? How many body segments (3 - 10 - or
many)?

If you mean the fat whitish grubs from one to three inches long that curl
into a ring and have six orange claws, then those are beetle larvae and
they certainly are laid in the soil as an egg. They bite too (check out
the mouthparts)!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat, obviously,
as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Kate Spencer wrote:


Can you give a better description of the animal? What colour is it?
How long/wide? Does it have legs or claws? How many body segments (3 -
10 - or many)?

If you mean the fat whitish grubs from one to three inches long that
curl into a ring and have six orange claws, then those are beetle
larvae and they certainly are laid in the soil as an egg. They bite
too (check out the mouthparts)!

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate

You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for
the magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the
problem. ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate

You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for the
magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the problem.
;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Thanks Trish
I did repot eighteen months ago, hardly had a flower since that time.
Left one (a tough old Jade plant) out of about ten pots, that's why I
wondered if they migrated from pot to pot.
Of course I'm inclined to love my plants too much which can be destructive
and might explain a lot apart from the livestock.
Have emptied all except one pot again, might just plant something and let it
get on with it without interference.
Kate
Have

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

"Kate Spencer" wrote in message
...

Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate

You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for the
magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the
problem. ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Thanks Trish
I did repot eighteen months ago, hardly had a flower since that time.
Left one (a tough old Jade plant) out of about ten pots, that's why I
wondered if they migrated from pot to pot.
Of course I'm inclined to love my plants too much which can be destructive
and might explain a lot apart from the livestock.
Have emptied all except one pot again, might just plant something and let
it get on with it without interference.
Kate
Have

Call them bardi grubs in WA. Good fishing bait. They are the larvae (i think
is right term) of a beetle. Yes the beetle can fly and could be attracted to
lights. This is a pic from a USA site but they are spot on for what we have
http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/grubs.jpg

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

Loosecanon wrote:
"Kate Spencer" wrote in message
...
Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate
You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for the
magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the
problem. ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}
Thanks Trish
I did repot eighteen months ago, hardly had a flower since that time.
Left one (a tough old Jade plant) out of about ten pots, that's why I
wondered if they migrated from pot to pot.
Of course I'm inclined to love my plants too much which can be destructive
and might explain a lot apart from the livestock.
Have emptied all except one pot again, might just plant something and let
it get on with it without interference.
Kate
Have

Call them bardi grubs in WA. Good fishing bait. They are the larvae (i think
is right term) of a beetle. Yes the beetle can fly and could be attracted to
lights. This is a pic from a USA site but they are spot on for what we have
http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/grubs.jpg



I understand the correct zoological name is 'Cockchafer Beetle'... ;-

--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

"Trish Brown" wrote in message
...
Loosecanon wrote:
"Kate Spencer" wrote in message
...
Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate
You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for
the magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the
problem. ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}
Thanks Trish
I did repot eighteen months ago, hardly had a flower since that time.
Left one (a tough old Jade plant) out of about ten pots, that's why I
wondered if they migrated from pot to pot.
Of course I'm inclined to love my plants too much which can be
destructive and might explain a lot apart from the livestock.
Have emptied all except one pot again, might just plant something and
let it get on with it without interference.
Kate
Have

Call them bardi grubs in WA. Good fishing bait. They are the larvae (i
think is right term) of a beetle. Yes the beetle can fly and could be
attracted to lights. This is a pic from a USA site but they are spot on
for what we have http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/grubs.jpg

I understand the correct zoological name is 'Cockchafer Beetle'... ;-

I will let that one go through to the keeper hehehehe


--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

Insect pest on Balcony Garden
 

"SG1" wrote in message
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"Trish Brown" wrote in message
...
Loosecanon wrote:
"Kate Spencer" wrote in message
...
Yes, that's the one, curls up into a ball, whitish gray and fat,
obviously, as its been very well fed :-)

How can I prevent this happening again, if at all.

Thanks, Kate
You can get various solutions for 'curl grubs' or 'lawn grubs' at
nurseries. I hate using poisons in my garden and just leave them for
the magpies to dig up. In your case, repotting would probably fix the
problem. ;-D

--
Trish Brown {|:-}
Thanks Trish
I did repot eighteen months ago, hardly had a flower since that time.
Left one (a tough old Jade plant) out of about ten pots, that's why I
wondered if they migrated from pot to pot.
Of course I'm inclined to love my plants too much which can be
destructive and might explain a lot apart from the livestock.
Have emptied all except one pot again, might just plant something and
let it get on with it without interference.
Kate
Have

Call them bardi grubs in WA. Good fishing bait. They are the larvae (i
think is right term) of a beetle. Yes the beetle can fly and could be
attracted to lights. This is a pic from a USA site but they are spot on
for what we have http://www.ppdl.purdue.edu/PPDL/images/grubs.jpg

I understand the correct zoological name is 'Cockchafer Beetle'... ;-

I will let that one go through to the keeper hehehehe


--
Trish Brown {|:-}

Newcastle, NSW, Australia

I just crossed my legs!

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