grub invasion -- help!!!
 

Last weekend I was planting some bulbs, and for each hole that I dug I
found at least 3 grubs (mid-sized ones not huge yet). They weren't
there last year. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of
them? My front lawn is also dead. I thought because too much sun and
too much fertilizer, but it was the grubs that did it!!! I'm not sure
what type of grubs I have. They have a white body with a yellow head
and a black tail?

Please, please, somebody help me!!! I'm near Washington DC. Thanks
so much.

Audrey

"audrey" wrote in message
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Last weekend I was planting some bulbs, and for each hole that I dug I
found at least 3 grubs (mid-sized ones not huge yet). They weren't
there last year. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of
them? My front lawn is also dead. I thought because too much sun and
too much fertilizer, but it was the grubs that did it!!! I'm not sure
what type of grubs I have. They have a white body with a yellow head
and a black tail?

Please, please, somebody help me!!! I'm near Washington DC. Thanks
so much.

Audrey

The only way to be sure what type of grubs you have is to check their raster
patterns and count the hairs.

"Haga La Fila Aqui" Asabas Lopez wrote in message
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"audrey" wrote in message
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Last weekend I was planting some bulbs, and for each hole that I dug I
found at least 3 grubs (mid-sized ones not huge yet). They weren't
there last year. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of
them? My front lawn is also dead. I thought because too much sun and
too much fertilizer, but it was the grubs that did it!!! I'm not sure
what type of grubs I have. They have a white body with a yellow head
and a black tail?

Please, please, somebody help me!!! I'm near Washington DC. Thanks
so much.

Audrey

The only way to be sure what type of grubs you have is to check their
raster
patterns and count the hairs.



How about telling her what a raster pattern is?

Doug Kanter said:

"Haga La Fila Aqui" Asabas Lopez wrote in message
...

The only way to be sure what type of grubs you have is to check their
raster patterns and count the hairs.

How about telling her what a raster pattern is?

How about this, a key to white grub raster patterns (valid for Ohio, and
likely for the original poster):

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2510.html

The raster is the bottom side of the grubs back end.
--
Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.
(attributed to Don Marti)

Once you've identified them with the help of tips from the others here, do
some research and speak to a KNOWLEDGABLE person at a garden center. Rather
than turn your lawn into Love Canal, you may be able to treat it with
bacillus thuringensis or something from that category - bacterial stuff
rather than poisons that cannot be and won't be tested for safety with
humans.

"audrey" wrote in message
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Last weekend I was planting some bulbs, and for each hole that I dug I
found at least 3 grubs (mid-sized ones not huge yet). They weren't
there last year. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of
them? My front lawn is also dead. I thought because too much sun and
too much fertilizer, but it was the grubs that did it!!! I'm not sure
what type of grubs I have. They have a white body with a yellow head
and a black tail?

Please, please, somebody help me!!! I'm near Washington DC. Thanks
so much.

Audrey

"audrey" wrote in message
om...
Last weekend I was planting some bulbs, and for each hole that I dug I
found at least 3 grubs (mid-sized ones not huge yet). They weren't
there last year. Where did they come from and how do I get rid of
them? My front lawn is also dead. I thought because too much sun and
too much fertilizer, but it was the grubs that did it!!! I'm not sure
what type of grubs I have. They have a white body with a yellow head
and a black tail?

Please, please, somebody help me!!! I'm near Washington DC. Thanks
so much.

Audrey

Sounds like the larvae of Japanese beetles. Right now is an appropriate
time for applications of milky spore, a biological control. Not the fastest
control but can be very long lasting. Chemical remedies include
imidacloprid, a relatively low toxicity insecticide.

Doug offers good advice. Confirm diagnosis FIRST by taking several grubs to
your local extension agent or a knowledgeable full service garden center for
ID, then follow their advice for control, opting for the least invasive
method first.

pam - gardengal

How about this, a key to white grub raster patterns (valid for Ohio, and
likely for the original poster):

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2510.html

The raster is the bottom side of the grubs back end.

That link is GREAT!

"Merle O'Broham" wrote in message
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How about this, a key to white grub raster patterns (valid for Ohio, and
likely for the original poster):

http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2510.html

The raster is the bottom side of the grubs back end.

That link is GREAT!

Yeah...it is. The pictures are remarkable. My high school bio teacher wet
insane trying to teach us to stipple like that with a pencil.