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May 22, 2016 4:38 AM CST
Name: Sue
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greene said:To my old eyes they look like June Bug grubs but I'm often wrong.

Hey @ JRsBugs, can you take a look?


Greene, a number of related beetle grubs look the same. Although you can sometimes figure out what they are based on time of year and size, because of mixed generations/species you would normally differentiate by looking at the raster pattern. From past years' experience you could make an educated guess but I know in this area we only had June beetle grubs for as long as I can remember, then a couple of years ago European chafer grubs started appearing (much to the delight of the neighbourhood skunks!). They pretty much look the same.

This page shows larger pictures of the raster pattern on the larvae and also the adult Scarab beetle species to which they belong. There are many species of Scarab beetle, these are just some of the ones that are garden pests:

http://ohioline.osu.edu/factsh...

I think your call to Janet won't work because there's a space between the @ and the user ID so you may want to try again.
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