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[B123]

The control measures would need to be applied each year. The larger land owners would have to pay the bulk of the bill.

If it can be impressed upon the larger land owners that the grubs cost them more money than the treatment, then they might buy in.

I am going to try and make lemonade out of the lemons on this one.

Scarabs are dung beetles. Shy of being the typical dung beetle rolling a ball around, Japanese Beetle larvae still need a "dung" source to feed on which is generally in the form of some sort of thatch layer in the soil profile. Perhaps they play a beneficial role in the soil profile for pastures? I don't think there is much for a thatch layer in conventional field crop cultivation.

 

[centrarchid]

Little something I’ve been working on.
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Looks like a silkie grade back into game.

 

[centrarchid]

Scarabs are dung beetles. Shy of being the typical dung beetle rolling a ball around, Japanese Beetle larvae still need a "dung" source to feed on which is generally in the form of some sort of thatch layer in the soil profile. Perhaps they play a beneficial role in the soil profile for pastures? I don't think there is much for a thatch layer in conventional field crop cultivation.

Where they, May Beetles, and June Beetles are abundant you see lots of brown patches in the grass. Additionally the same areas are very popular with moles, skunks and likely armadillos. The mammals are not popular with me or my dogs.

 

[B123]

Where they, May Beetles, and June Beetles are abundant you see lots of brown patches in the grass. Additionally the same areas are very popular with moles, skunks and likely armadillos. The mammals are not popular with me or my dogs.

Yep, they are all scarabs and while feeding will consume whatever is in the thatch layer, including roots, which in turn kills the grass. Raccoons love them too. Growing up, I remember one summer when the grubs were so bad in my neighbor's yard, the raccoons rolled the entire lawn. We all helped pick up the lose sod like carpet!

 

[centrarchid]

The May beetles in particular are good eats for my juvenile games. They will go hawking after them even after sun goes down and go to roost with crop chalk full with beetles. Stags really prone to going after the beetles like that.

 

[roosterhavoc]

Looks like a silkie grade back into game.

Probably real close. For my sons birthday party we went to a Nature/discovery place. They had some silkies and other assorted crossed up birds running around.

 

[roosterhavoc]

 

[flypen]

@doubleleft I finally got a chance to get a picture of the bag

 

[JShubin]

These are what I've always called Japanese or Chinese beetles, but apparently they are called "Fig beetles" according to Wikipedia. We get lots of these out here on fruit trees.. always finding massive larvae buried in compost.

**internet photo*

 

[centrarchid]

Cotinis nitida, commonly known as the green June beetle.