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    Whilst removing turf to create the new bed yesterday, we came across two of the creatures pictured. They are about two and a bit inches in length and the size of those disgusting looking things people apparently eat in the jungle.

    I think they are summer chafer larvae - can anyone confirm or refute this? Either way, does anyone cleverer than I know whether this is a problem that may result in major problems for me if I try to put the area under cultivation - is two within about four metres of each other likely to indicate an infestation.

    I have been over the bed three times with Mr Rotavator, tilling to a depth of some four to six inches.

    Thanks for any help

    KK
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  • #2
    A cockchaffer grub me thinks!

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    • #3
      It's a cockchaffer grub scared55. They live as grubs for three years and eat plant roots.

      Phil
      Live each day as if it was your last because one day it will be

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      • #4
        Here's a good site to look at...

        http://images.google.co.uk/imgres?im...%3Den%26sa%3DG
        "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

        Location....Normandy France

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        • #5
          Thanks everyone - what I had found on the web suggested either a cockchafer or a summer chafer. It seems the larval stage is similar. What I haven't been able to find out is whether it is usual for them to be sporadic or to exist in levels enough to constitute a serious problem.

          KK

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          • #6
            Hi Scarred55,

            Found loads of the same lave in the ground when I first dug it to make the potager. They seem to like grass land and now that the ground is cultivated I don't seem to find many at all.

            Did find lots in the mown grass heap though
            Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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            • #7
              Funny - they're not mentioned in my Larousse Gastronomique, and I always understood there was a recipe for everything ...

              KK

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              • #8
                I'm sure someone will be able to provide a recipe ... haha!
                Life may not be the party we hoped for but since we're here we might as well dance

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                • #9
                  Depends how desperate you are! I'd have to be MIGHTY hungry to eat one of those!!

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                  • #10
                    Mm - lovely grub!

                    KK

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                    • #11
                      You mean there's something the French DON'T eat
                      Live each day as if it was your last because one day it will be

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                      • #12
                        They're the larvae stage of daddy-long-legs. They live in grass, lawns, etc, where they munch on the roots until they hatch - don't appear to do too much damage. They prefer to be undisturbed, so if you dig up the lawn to make a veggie bed, the larvae will be turned up and the birdies will eat them.

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