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Whitchety grubs under lawn
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Posted by Dee17 West Vic Aust (My Page) on Wed, Apr 27, 05 at 4:37
| any suggestions for getting rid of thousands of whitchety grubs under layed turf. Ants and birds are having a field day. Continually using ant sand and have tried a multi-use slater/earwig poison - but I'm not winning!! Any ideas specially aimed at getting rid of whitchety grubs would be appreciated. |
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RE: Whitchety grubs under lawn
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- Posted by lesley vic.australia (My Page) on
Fri, Apr 29, 05 at 22:33
| Idon't know if this is going to help you much - but I just encouraged all the maggies, blackbirds, etc. to come in - put bread etc out whenever they were around. Took about 12 months but we have had a large tribe of maggies and other birdlife for many years now and no grubs, cockchafer grubs to be found!! I don't think that poisons will help because you kill off everything that might eat the grubs. |
RE: Whitchety grubs under lawn
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| I don't know if it will work with witchety grubs it did for me with lawn grubs though time consuming. I laid out some old pieces of cloth - old curtains in fact and moistened it. Found they would rise to feed on the grass and roots overnight and still being in dark under the cloth, be on the ground surface early morning. Pull back the cloth and they will soon be picked up by the birds, or the sun will get them, or you can do it yourself. Old hessian bags, anthing to hand, just try a test see if it helps. |
RE: Whitchety grubs under lawn
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- Posted by deejaus Melb.Vic. Aust (My Page) on
Sat, Apr 30, 05 at 20:13
What a great idea Alison! I will try and remember that one for others who have the same problem.
Dee. |
RE: Whitchety grubs under lawn
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| Whatever grubs they are, they are NOT whitchetty grubs - more likey the grub of a beetle (whichetty grubs are the grub of a moth and they live exclusively on the fibrous matter of trees - mainly accacia and eucalypts.) They burrow into the tree leaving a small hole in the trunk of the tree which they gradually enlarge as they grow. The grub you describe are known as 'curl grubs' and is the larvae of the African black beetle. http://www.dpi.qld.gov.au/business/7327.html Cheers
Robyn |
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