[FLPERMACULTURE] Grubs

[Margaret McCasland]

I don't know one grub from another, but June bugs are much larger 
than Japanese beetles, so I'll bet there's a relevant size difference 
in the larvae also. However I don't think they're nearly as 
destructive as Japanese beetles.  Skunks and starlings love eating 
grubs, so I usually let them feast on my lawn!

Margaret


>[bfb2 at cornell.edu:]
>
>>  I think they're Japanese beetle grubs - though usually those are more curled
>>  on themselves.
>
>Well, ours were a lot more curled up when I found them.  They'd
>had a couple of hours to enjoy the nice, fresh air by the time I
>finished shoveling mulch and got around to taking their pictures.
>
>Stefan Minot identified them as June bug larvae and pointed to
>this page:
>
>    http://hortipm.tamu.edu/pestprofiles/chewing/mjbeet/mjbeet.html
>
>According to which the June bug is a variety of the Japanese
>beetle.... So I guess you're both right.
>
>Encountering all this wildlife certainly is exciting for a city boy.
>:-)  Thanks for the education.
>
>Jon