The larvae or grub of the Chafer Beetle (Phyllopertha Horticola) can cause significant damage to lawns when occurring in high numbers. The Chafer Grub has a fat white body curved in a letter C shape, with a brown head and three pairs of legs at the head end. It can reach up to 18mm long. The adults are about 9mm long with a green metallic coloured head and thorax. The wing cases are light brown.
Adult beetles emerge from the soil in May and June, usually at dawn or dusk. Eggs are laid in grass or turf and develop into larvae within a few weeks. The Chafer Grub eats the roots of grasses and other plants. Damage to infested lawns tends to be most obvious between autumn and spring, when the grubs are reaching maturity. Patches of the lawn may become yellowish or brown. Birds, such as crows and blackbirds and mammals like badgers and foxes in turn feed on the grubs, tearing up the lawns and turf and causing secondary damage.
Solutions to Chafer Grub infestations include the use of an early detection aid; the Garden Chafer Trap and the application of biological control using nematodes.
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Additional/replacement lure for Garden Chafer Beetle Trap, allowing it to be used year after year. Strong attractant for lawn pest, Phyllopertha horticola, whose larvae can lead to lawn and turf damag...» more
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* Traps adult Chafer Beetles
* Contains powerful pheromone/attractant
* Gives early warning sign of Chafer Grub activity
* Reduces numbers of egg laying adults
* Can be re-used year after year
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* Natural pest control of the turf pest Chafer Grub in lawns
* Reduces bird and animal damage to lawns
* Uses nematodes [live microscopic worms]
* Supplied in powder carrier and diluted with water...» more
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