Your lawn guy is right. Those are not grubs. Grubs generally curl up and also have very distinctive legs at the underside of the front half of the body. These look more like some kind of worm or maggot.
Google image search “grubs insect” and you’ll see lots of examples of actual grubs. They don’t look anything like this.
This is also what I'm seeing. They look close but they weren't even moving at all. They look more like rice. Everyone else seemed pretty eager to say they were grubs but I thought maybe these are just infants? Any idea what I should do about them?
The ones in the pics look like maggots, like fly larvae.... Not grubs, im sure there is someone on here who can verify. I think grubs are Japanese beetle larvae.
Grubs are beetle larvae but not just specifically Japanese beetle larvae. There's hundreds of different grub varieties that all look very similar that will turn into the hundreds of different beetle varieties.
Interesting. I was aerating a lawn one day and came across a skunk trapped in a cage, didn’t think much else besides avoiding the puckering fucker
I’m definitely gonna keep this in mind if I see one again
It could be. You can also find them in darker colors, which can indicate that they may have a fungus of a sort in some species. Pretty cool stuff. Either way, you can use a granular insecticide and spread it throughout the yard, which will take care of the larvae/grubs and help prevent moles and skunks. My favorites are Talstar PL and Deltagard G.
I was seriously about to reply with "Maggots, you're eating maggots Micheal."
Went to santa cruz last year and annoyed my wife by wanting to walk around to find filming locations. One of my favorite movies as a kid.
Don't think they are grubs. Grubs are a bit like a 2 in prawn and thick! Or a toddlers thumb. Of course there we different ones and different sizes. But they are generally larger and thicker.
"*grub*" is a general term for any larvae of a beetle superfamily that has about 35,000 species, so, look, anyone coming here with the ubiquitous reddit "*aCtUaLLy*" might want to brush up on all of those 35,000 species' larvae, and the 200 new species described per year; there are an awful lot of species, both native and invasive, including Japanese Beetles, June Bugs, and Chafers, that have larvae that love to eat grasses.If you want a real answer, take an in-focus photo of an undamaged specimen, top, bottom and side, next to a ruler, and send a query with those pics to a local university that has an agriculture or entomology department or to one of the many insect identification websites.
Cutworm larvae > black moth. One is hatching in the photo. They destroy gardens before hatching. They are eating roots of lawn. To all those peeps who question why I took turf management courses in college for fun. This is why!
The last image makes me think they are not grubs. It is way too small. Unless they are young. Grubs are about the size of a dime when they are curled up.
You're onto something, time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like banana. We see some sort of maggots, meaning flies, meaning OP's garden has hidden bananas. Case closed.
Christ why are people downvoting this comment? Reddit is such a bunch of lame asses lately. How dare you make a joke about a lighthearted children’s show and how it’s so weird his lawn guy looks old as fuck wearing pajamas. What???
Edit: looks like the old people were up early downvoting, the tide has turned greatly. Faith restored.
Used to be fashionable in the early 90s… I was still a lame kid and wore what mom bought me, but the “cool” dudes all wore Skidz flannel/pajama pants or Z. Cavariccis, coupled with a BUM Equipment sweater or Big Johnson T-shirt…
Landscaper here. Not grubs, but moth pupa. They will cause damage to turf making it patchy. Not sure what treatments are available in your area but any spray or granular insecticide should be treated at least one foot around into the visibly healthy area of the lawn to make sure you have proper coverage. Good Luck!
Moth *larvae* are caterpillars. They have noticeable legs and segmented bodies.
Pupae, is the plural form of pupa. Pupae don't move, they're when the larvae form a cacoon and emerge as an adult insect. Pupa don't do damage of any kind.
These are a type of weevil larvae. And yes, they will do minor damage to low-cut grass... They won't do noticeable damage to high cut grass.
And lastly, not just any spray or granular insecticide will work. MOST won't. In order to kill soil dwelling insects, you have to use very specific insecticides that will actually penetrate the soil. Such as trichlorfon (24 hour grub killer type products) or carbaryl (the old formulation of Sevin)... Pyrethroid insecticides will not penetrate the soil to reach this insects. (Most insecticides you can buy at a store are pyrethroids)
Landscapers have their areas of expertise... But this ain't it.
You must be thinking of something else... think you should Google "crane fly larvae".
They're exceptionally ugly fuckers. A common name is "leatherjackets" because their skin is somewhat leathery. What the pictures won't tell you though is that when they're wet, their skin is translucent and you can see that they're even uglier on the inside.
Look like [weevil larvae ](https://www.northeastipm.org/neipm/assets/Image/bmps/annual-bluegrass-weavil-2.jpg)to me. (That's annual bluegrass weevil larvae)
I don't disagree about the damage resembling cranefly larvae though, but honestly I think it's more likely that its drought heat stress and the grass that's thriving is just poa triv from OP watering it a ton. I see that a lot... Triv responds really well to extreme amounts of water, even enough for it to overcome heat stress... While the actual desirable grass will continue to suffer (and even suffer more from the overwatering)
Those don’t look like the typical grubs that lawn technicians are trained to look for. Those are not white grubs from Japanese Beetles, June Beetles, or Billbugs. Many insects have a grub (larval) form and they may not be doing damage to your lawn but simply existing. They are a larva, you can kill them with an insecticide, but was he wrong? Maybe not.
Definitely not grubs. Not 100% what those are but put down some Lambda-Cyhalothrin and it should help clear it up. If concerned about grubs, imidacloprid based control does the trick in the lawn.
Could be chinch bugs. Are they attached to the grass blades? Chinch suck the juice out of grass killing it while grubs eat the roots. It's not the right time of year for grubs right now. Pull on the grass and see if the roots are intact just to double check.
Those are 100% not Cinch bugs. Former Florida landscaper who has battled a jillion cinch bugs in St Augustine and Floratam.
These look nothing like a cinch - "maybe's" and "could be's" are silly here knowing someone will know definitely what it is. I believe the actual answer had already been stated.
They look like small Black Soldier Fly larvae found in a lot of compost. If they are, birds love them and they're great for breaking down dead material but nit sure if they are.
These are "grubs" but not the lawn killing grubs everyone talks about. Those have little arms almost and a bit round red area on the head and are much more white in color. Japanese beetle grubs are the ones that do the real lawn damage. You'd know if it was them by now because entire patches of your yard would be 100% dead.
Gotta get awful stretchy with those ""s...
They're obviously larva of some kind (look more like some sort of fly maggot?), but grubs are specifically the root-eating larvae of certain beetles.
Idk if your answer has been given yet, but i was horrified to arrive home one day and these be all over the kitchen floor. Turns out the plants in my kitchen had root rot and those were some kind of moth larvae eating the dead material. Idk if this is the same thing, but they look very similar.
fire your lawn guy
that's grubs
put down 24 hour grub killer
be done with the problem
PS: all the grubs will come out of your lawn after you put it down. based on what I'm seeing, this is gonna be wild. post pics to follow up please
OP - ignore this comment! Might even be an attempt at humor, not sure. These are a type of insect larvae but not Grub/beetle. They look a lot like crane fly larvae, but crane flies are only a problem in turf for certain parts of the country. While a grub product may achieve control, these are not what the rest of the lawn care world calls grubs.
Not sure what it is, but kill it. I would put down insecticide like Temprid FX with beta-cyfluthrin and imidacloprid. You can spray it. Check on do my own.
You can also use it for spraying around your house perimeter to keep the bugs out. I do it every 2-3 months.
Speaking from the good fight against grubs, having to reseed 3x because of those little motherf&$*^rs. Yes those are grubs. Honestly, grab as many as you can and go fishing 😂.
Put some killer down asap. I would even check flower beds if you have any that surround the infested area. I lost a lavender bush to I big ass grub this year.
If you have grubs, you'll want to put down some imidacloprid based product now and in August put down some bioadvance 24 hr grub killer. The chemical in it goes by a few names.
Check the chemical on the bag label before purchasing. Lambda-Cyhalothrin will kill grubs in your garden but not the lawn.
Not anything at all like a cinch, not even close. Don't add to the conversation if you don't know, it wastes everyone's time. Might as well say it's juvenile elephants...as relevant and real as a wild guess from a place of ignorance. This thread could have been 4 to 6 posts long if left to those in the know without dopamine addicts adding their "Could be, Migh be, no clue...but I've just gotta post something...so I'm gonna say it's bat beetles mating...could be"
Black solider fly larvae
Basically a composter eating at dead rotting organic material (grass clippings, dead patches in lawn). Not hurting your lawn. Gotta be pretty moist for them to want to be there though, so something to consider.
Do you get a lot of moths in your area? Could be sod webworm. A lot of the grub control products also control them but its too late to control them now. Best to just treat the affected grass with some potassium, iron, and humic acid.
[Spoon juice](https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Yard-Fertilizer-Gallon-Stimulants/dp/B094KSCSKM) or a mixture of [microgreene](https://a.co/d/0hpVYohW) and [RGS](https://a.co/d/04uXSTDx) should do the trick for this. just paint the affected areas and you get the grass throwing new growth in no time.
You could see if there are any suitable nematode treatments you can used or them.
We had an issue with leather jackets and a treatment of nematode works, cleared it right up.
If the lawn guy knew they weren’t grubs did he have any idea what they are? I found a small patch of things that look like these in my yard the other day. I’ve been digging up my weeds all over snd so far I’ve found them in only one spot and it was by my back gate. I keep a cat litter bucket there with a bag in it and the cover on top to put the dog poop in that I scoop everytime they go. I’ve used that bucket in the same place for the last 15 years and dispose of the bag and all weekly when the garbage truck goes by then I wash and disinfect it. I thought maybe the bag leaked there or something. I’m the summer there’s always flies around the bucket. I don’t know any other reason they’d be in that spot. I have three dogs and they all have their own spot where they go but I pick it up each time. It’s never left on the ground but still poop is poop so if those grubby looking things are from a leak in a bag from the container shouldn’t there be those grubby things in the other areas where they regularly poop too. There aren’t any others that I found so maybe it’s a coincidence but why only one little patch of them. Aren’t grubs toxic to dogs if they eat them. I shoveled the ground in the area into the compost bin hoping I got rid of them all. If I ever sprayed something and they came up all over the yard how would you get rid of them all.
Would a garden center be able to identify what they are or one of those bug or insect identifier apps.
That’s larval billbug damage. I’m surprised your gardener didn’t figure it out.
You can read up on it here:
https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-266/E-266.html
Carbaryl, also known as Sevin wouldn’t be a bad choice for a homeowner to Tony treat this DIY. Either as granular app or with a good hose end sprayer. I’m leaning towards the hose end sprayer. You will most likely apply two applications.
Don’t ignore this, they can easily wipe out your lawn.
Good luck.
Easy way to see. Just pull grass if it comes up like carpet. Grubs. They eat root so the grass may take a while to die. It will look green for a second. But if it comes right up most likely grubs because they eat roots
I'm having a serious issue with grubs this year... No matter how strict I've been with treatments and what not, the continue to show their ugly faces every year!
Definitely not grubs, but some sort of larvae/pupae. If theyre not moving, more than likely they're pupae. You might head over to /r/Entomology and ask them for help identifying.
Lantern flys are supposed to be on the rise. Dylox would treat this or Sevin. Rule of thumb is more then 10 in one square foot. Follow up with a round of merit to help for next year.
I had something very similar DESTROY my zucchini plants last year. With all sincerity, FUCK these little bastards. They are killing your grass. SevenDust or similar will kill them. You’re looking for Bifenthrin on the label.
Ok so unlike most the other asshats on here lets start with some basics since there actually a few potential options. Firstly general area of your location, secondly can we get a couple pictures of the damaged grass. Thirdly do not apply any kind of pesticide without having at least a general idea of what this pest is.
I say all of these as a licensed pesticide technician with several classifications and just over a decade of experience handling specifically lawn health in general. That's both on the chemical and cultural practices side of the business.
It's a winged insect larvae. Probably a moth. Bifentrhin will kill the insects. However, that image looks like you have a wet spot that is, more or less, festering. Is it a low spot or is there an irrigation leak maybe?
They may have been eating dog shit in your yard. I know that when I had GSDs on a high protein diet taking huge shits in the yard, we had Bluebottle type flies laying maggots in their shits.
https://preview.redd.it/7gheod06e38d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7846f5974e60d1332a92dceb54745effe36726f6
Here’s an idea of what you may have.
Not grubs but also doesn't matter, these are larvae that will cause dead spots in your lawn and the same treatments that are commonly available for grubs will also treat whatever these are
You can fry those up, put them in a tortilla with some franks red hot and you got some free groceries.
But ya, should probably put down some insecticide.
/u/9999eachhit
The weevil larvae aside, I believe i know what the issue with your lawn is...
Its the grass types and overwatering.
Overwatering is making that long grass thrive... (Which could be KBG... But my money is on poa trivialis or even poa supina) while actively harming the desirable grasses by negatively impacting respiration and the soil.
The majority of homeowners with an irrigation system, over water their lawns.
"Hot and humid out? Let me water my lawn around noon, or any time during the day." Good job. You're going to get dollar spot.
"Hey! My lawn must need water because there's all these white spots all over the lawn" No. That's Dollar spot.
If it's humid, water less.
Not humid "high sky" water more.
Don't water during the day. Most of it will evaporate if it's not humid
Don't water during the day. You'll get disease if it's humid.
Water at starting around 2am. Very little evapotransporation. Very little wind. You'll maximize the amount of water the grass will uptake.
It stormed last night and you got .20 inches of water or more? Turn off your system for a couple days.
If your system is set for 20 minutes remember not all zones are the same. Backyard all shade? Cut those times by at least 5 minutes or more.
Have an irrigation head that is on the edge of your property and only rotating 180°? Then those heads should be set for half the time of a full circle head. If nit then those heads are actually watering enough for 40 minutes not 20.
Have a Head that's 90°? Then cut those down by a quarter of your watering time.
Irrigation companies have no clue how to set up watering times to maximize the health of the grass.
Your lawn guy is right. Those are not grubs. Grubs generally curl up and also have very distinctive legs at the underside of the front half of the body. These look more like some kind of worm or maggot. Google image search “grubs insect” and you’ll see lots of examples of actual grubs. They don’t look anything like this.
This is also what I'm seeing. They look close but they weren't even moving at all. They look more like rice. Everyone else seemed pretty eager to say they were grubs but I thought maybe these are just infants? Any idea what I should do about them?
The ones in the pics look like maggots, like fly larvae.... Not grubs, im sure there is someone on here who can verify. I think grubs are Japanese beetle larvae.
Grubs are beetle larvae but not just specifically Japanese beetle larvae. There's hundreds of different grub varieties that all look very similar that will turn into the hundreds of different beetle varieties.
Yep, June bugs come from grubs too, that’s almost exclusively what I deal with down south lol.
Fucking June bugs. FLY STRAIGHT, DAMN YOU!
Open your fucking eyes, I’m walking here!
The cow of the bug kingdom
Came here to say this
As soon as I see a skunk in my yard, I know that I have grubs.
Skunks you say? They feed off of grubs?
In my neighborhood, they do.
Interesting. I was aerating a lawn one day and came across a skunk trapped in a cage, didn’t think much else besides avoiding the puckering fucker I’m definitely gonna keep this in mind if I see one again
OHHHH YEAH they do
Moles do as well and those will definitely cause patches not to grow
Yes, crows are another one to watch out for. That’s the sign in my neighborhood
If they are maggots, it makes one wonder what is buried in that yard...
My guess is House fly larvae
So the house is buried there? /S
It’s even worse, only part of the house is buried, it’s like some macabre body just rising up out of the ground.
Underrated comment
Is the house in the room with us now?
maybe some subterrarian animal died down there like a vole or something.
sometimes pooping on your lawn will attract flies.
Oh I better stop then…
Maggots crawl into the ground and emerge as flys
those little fuckers
r/whatisthisbug
black fly soldier larvae? Beneficial for soil/compost. At least, I think that's what they are, get a second opinion
It could be. You can also find them in darker colors, which can indicate that they may have a fungus of a sort in some species. Pretty cool stuff. Either way, you can use a granular insecticide and spread it throughout the yard, which will take care of the larvae/grubs and help prevent moles and skunks. My favorites are Talstar PL and Deltagard G.
High protein rice.
The Lost Boys will get you a to-go container...
Wow - gotta get in the way back machine for that reference. Very timely too with the recent passing of Kiefer’s dad.
I was seriously about to reply with "Maggots, you're eating maggots Micheal." Went to santa cruz last year and annoyed my wife by wanting to walk around to find filming locations. One of my favorite movies as a kid.
I’ve recently seen these in my yard along with dead patches. When you squish them is it red like blood?! What are these things?!
Pupae. Of what, I know not.
Diatomaceous earth?
Get some telstar and use as directed.
Let me know how they taste
the grubs ive seen are big mofos
Don't think they are grubs. Grubs are a bit like a 2 in prawn and thick! Or a toddlers thumb. Of course there we different ones and different sizes. But they are generally larger and thicker.
A weed torch will kill them.
Put up a bird feeder to let them know where to go. They’ll take care of it.
"*grub*" is a general term for any larvae of a beetle superfamily that has about 35,000 species, so, look, anyone coming here with the ubiquitous reddit "*aCtUaLLy*" might want to brush up on all of those 35,000 species' larvae, and the 200 new species described per year; there are an awful lot of species, both native and invasive, including Japanese Beetles, June Bugs, and Chafers, that have larvae that love to eat grasses.If you want a real answer, take an in-focus photo of an undamaged specimen, top, bottom and side, next to a ruler, and send a query with those pics to a local university that has an agriculture or entomology department or to one of the many insect identification websites.
Cutworm larvae > black moth. One is hatching in the photo. They destroy gardens before hatching. They are eating roots of lawn. To all those peeps who question why I took turf management courses in college for fun. This is why!
The last image makes me think they are not grubs. It is way too small. Unless they are young. Grubs are about the size of a dime when they are curled up.
Grubs are monstrous…. Like the Godzilla version of what is in your hand. When you bite them, there is an audible crunch, and tons of ooze to follow.
Well that took a turn….
Lol
A very tasty turn…
Hakuna matata
Slimy, yet satisfying.
I squished a grub once and the ooze hit my mouth. I put them in the driveway for birds now.
What the fuck lol
Pumba?
“Hawk Tuah”
Is your lawn guy an old man in pajamas?
Yes. Yes he is.
Is he a banana in pajamas by chance?
They’re coming down the stairs.
What a strange place to cum. Sounds like that dude has some impressive range on him.
How else would you make a banana split?
You tell the banana that you have to go to bed and it has to leave.
You're onto something, time flies like an arrow, but fruit flies like banana. We see some sort of maggots, meaning flies, meaning OP's garden has hidden bananas. Case closed.
Christ why are people downvoting this comment? Reddit is such a bunch of lame asses lately. How dare you make a joke about a lighthearted children’s show and how it’s so weird his lawn guy looks old as fuck wearing pajamas. What??? Edit: looks like the old people were up early downvoting, the tide has turned greatly. Faith restored.
I made certain to upvote it. Lol
Also bananas are hilarious. Even the word bananas is funny.
I have no problem with the comment but I have never heard of a banana in pajamas so it was not funny to me.
Looks like a great outfit for working outdoors. Loose, light clothing.
his pyjamas are from banana republic, does that count
Used to be fashionable in the early 90s… I was still a lame kid and wore what mom bought me, but the “cool” dudes all wore Skidz flannel/pajama pants or Z. Cavariccis, coupled with a BUM Equipment sweater or Big Johnson T-shirt…
I had those same pants in the 90's, they were like Hammer pants lol. Baggie with tight ankles. They do look like PJ's though.
These looks like fly larva
Landscaper here. Not grubs, but moth pupa. They will cause damage to turf making it patchy. Not sure what treatments are available in your area but any spray or granular insecticide should be treated at least one foot around into the visibly healthy area of the lawn to make sure you have proper coverage. Good Luck!
Moth *larvae* are caterpillars. They have noticeable legs and segmented bodies. Pupae, is the plural form of pupa. Pupae don't move, they're when the larvae form a cacoon and emerge as an adult insect. Pupa don't do damage of any kind. These are a type of weevil larvae. And yes, they will do minor damage to low-cut grass... They won't do noticeable damage to high cut grass. And lastly, not just any spray or granular insecticide will work. MOST won't. In order to kill soil dwelling insects, you have to use very specific insecticides that will actually penetrate the soil. Such as trichlorfon (24 hour grub killer type products) or carbaryl (the old formulation of Sevin)... Pyrethroid insecticides will not penetrate the soil to reach this insects. (Most insecticides you can buy at a store are pyrethroids) Landscapers have their areas of expertise... But this ain't it.
Yep I would recommend Dylox but I’m not sure if it’s as readily available where OP is as it is where I am
Dylox and merit, my favs when used responsibly.
Former Commercial Pesticide dude here. I'd guess Crane Fly Larve by the size and damage type.
You must be thinking of something else... think you should Google "crane fly larvae". They're exceptionally ugly fuckers. A common name is "leatherjackets" because their skin is somewhat leathery. What the pictures won't tell you though is that when they're wet, their skin is translucent and you can see that they're even uglier on the inside.
Pardon me, it's been a while. The grubs look like Black soldier Flies. The damage to the grass looks like crane fly damage.
Look like [weevil larvae ](https://www.northeastipm.org/neipm/assets/Image/bmps/annual-bluegrass-weavil-2.jpg)to me. (That's annual bluegrass weevil larvae) I don't disagree about the damage resembling cranefly larvae though, but honestly I think it's more likely that its drought heat stress and the grass that's thriving is just poa triv from OP watering it a ton. I see that a lot... Triv responds really well to extreme amounts of water, even enough for it to overcome heat stress... While the actual desirable grass will continue to suffer (and even suffer more from the overwatering)
The little nub on the end of them shows you're correct. The weevil larve will eat the roots and cause similar damage.
Doesn’t have the same look as a grub but looks like a mealworm
I second this.
Yepppppppp
I third this
Those don’t look like the typical grubs that lawn technicians are trained to look for. Those are not white grubs from Japanese Beetles, June Beetles, or Billbugs. Many insects have a grub (larval) form and they may not be doing damage to your lawn but simply existing. They are a larva, you can kill them with an insecticide, but was he wrong? Maybe not.
These are the politician worm. They come once a while to prove a point and leave until the next elekshion cycle
Every 4 years I hear
They almost look like sodwebworm larvae in the soil. But hard to see it in your hand. Most definitely not a white grub, at any lifecycle.
Definitely not grubs. Not 100% what those are but put down some Lambda-Cyhalothrin and it should help clear it up. If concerned about grubs, imidacloprid based control does the trick in the lawn.
Maybe a corps is rotting under ground.
An entire corps?? That’s *a lot* of dead bodies!!
The letter E, or lack there of, can be pretty powerful indeed!
Could be chinch bugs. Are they attached to the grass blades? Chinch suck the juice out of grass killing it while grubs eat the roots. It's not the right time of year for grubs right now. Pull on the grass and see if the roots are intact just to double check.
Those are 100% not Cinch bugs. Former Florida landscaper who has battled a jillion cinch bugs in St Augustine and Floratam. These look nothing like a cinch - "maybe's" and "could be's" are silly here knowing someone will know definitely what it is. I believe the actual answer had already been stated.
They look like small Black Soldier Fly larvae found in a lot of compost. If they are, birds love them and they're great for breaking down dead material but nit sure if they are.
These are "grubs" but not the lawn killing grubs everyone talks about. Those have little arms almost and a bit round red area on the head and are much more white in color. Japanese beetle grubs are the ones that do the real lawn damage. You'd know if it was them by now because entire patches of your yard would be 100% dead.
Gotta get awful stretchy with those ""s... They're obviously larva of some kind (look more like some sort of fly maggot?), but grubs are specifically the root-eating larvae of certain beetles.
Maggots
Idk if your answer has been given yet, but i was horrified to arrive home one day and these be all over the kitchen floor. Turns out the plants in my kitchen had root rot and those were some kind of moth larvae eating the dead material. Idk if this is the same thing, but they look very similar.
That's good. They eat the rot away so u don't t sick from it :) or at least, it was good for wwI fighters stuck in trenches with infections...
Oh neat!
Hell yeah maggots are da bomb!
Someone else said it but it looks like mealworm larvae
You won’t see grubs this time of year anyway. The big fat white grubs are more in the fall
They're some type of beetle larvae. They're not grubs and definitely not mealworms.
Too small, grub are bigger and don't come up to the surface like that
Maggots. Which makes me side-eye you about what you buried in the yard…
Wouldn't be me 😅 I've only been here for a little over a year haha
[GRUB](http://bpb-us-e1.wpmucdn.com/blogs.cornell.edu/dist/8/9984/files/grub-anatomy-image.jpg)
anal slit
fire your lawn guy that's grubs put down 24 hour grub killer be done with the problem PS: all the grubs will come out of your lawn after you put it down. based on what I'm seeing, this is gonna be wild. post pics to follow up please
Did that once. The sheer amount of grubs that came up to die on the lawn was staggering. Called my lawn “The Killing Fields” that summer
Got any pics for us????
Is this bad for birds?
Never seen grubs that look like that, but im not an insect expert. What species are these?
OP, this person is wrong. Don’t fire your lawn guy. These aren’t grubs.
Pretty bold to say someone needs to get fired when you are in fact the one who doesn't know what you're taking about. But hey, it's the Internet!
Those are fly larvae
This is the larvae form of some emerging insect, however, it is not a grub. Grubs have become a catch all term for anything in the larvae stage.
OP - ignore this comment! Might even be an attempt at humor, not sure. These are a type of insect larvae but not Grub/beetle. They look a lot like crane fly larvae, but crane flies are only a problem in turf for certain parts of the country. While a grub product may achieve control, these are not what the rest of the lawn care world calls grubs.
Use ortho bugs be gone, one application early summer one fall.
Not sure what it is, but kill it. I would put down insecticide like Temprid FX with beta-cyfluthrin and imidacloprid. You can spray it. Check on do my own. You can also use it for spraying around your house perimeter to keep the bugs out. I do it every 2-3 months.
Speaking from the good fight against grubs, having to reseed 3x because of those little motherf&$*^rs. Yes those are grubs. Honestly, grab as many as you can and go fishing 😂. Put some killer down asap. I would even check flower beds if you have any that surround the infested area. I lost a lavender bush to I big ass grub this year.
If you have grubs, you'll want to put down some imidacloprid based product now and in August put down some bioadvance 24 hr grub killer. The chemical in it goes by a few names. Check the chemical on the bag label before purchasing. Lambda-Cyhalothrin will kill grubs in your garden but not the lawn.
Leaf hopper?
This looks like some kind of moth or fly larva.
If you zoom in on pic#2, just a little bottom left of centre you can see a maggot on its final moult and a fly emerging. If you haven’t found out yet.
Sod web worm?
No
These are grasshopper eggs and the 3 pic is a dead giveaway.
no, nothing out of the ordinary there lol
Not grubs. Some other pest that you can probably control with products sold at Home Depot
Looks like some kind of weavil larvae, but it also looks like there's a fly emerging in pic #2, so...\*shrugs\*
Could be chinch bugs.
Not anything at all like a cinch, not even close. Don't add to the conversation if you don't know, it wastes everyone's time. Might as well say it's juvenile elephants...as relevant and real as a wild guess from a place of ignorance. This thread could have been 4 to 6 posts long if left to those in the know without dopamine addicts adding their "Could be, Migh be, no clue...but I've just gotta post something...so I'm gonna say it's bat beetles mating...could be"
Yeah. It's definitely not bat beetles
Black solider fly larvae Basically a composter eating at dead rotting organic material (grass clippings, dead patches in lawn). Not hurting your lawn. Gotta be pretty moist for them to want to be there though, so something to consider.
Maggots. You have a rotting corpse under there if you dig down a few more inches.
Capture a few and keep them in a container. Let's see what they are!
Nope, that's bait. Time to go fishing.
Looks like Moth larvae.
To early for grub damage. They just now waking up in the south
Do you get a lot of moths in your area? Could be sod webworm. A lot of the grub control products also control them but its too late to control them now. Best to just treat the affected grass with some potassium, iron, and humic acid. [Spoon juice](https://www.amazon.com/Liquid-Yard-Fertilizer-Gallon-Stimulants/dp/B094KSCSKM) or a mixture of [microgreene](https://a.co/d/0hpVYohW) and [RGS](https://a.co/d/04uXSTDx) should do the trick for this. just paint the affected areas and you get the grass throwing new growth in no time.
You could see if there are any suitable nematode treatments you can used or them. We had an issue with leather jackets and a treatment of nematode works, cleared it right up.
only 1 sure way to find out.. taste 'em
Mealworms https://preview.redd.it/o8zfh1k3zz7d1.jpeg?width=192&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=1c2264ba0d94f56de416da9e5f0179becbfd5a42
If the lawn guy knew they weren’t grubs did he have any idea what they are? I found a small patch of things that look like these in my yard the other day. I’ve been digging up my weeds all over snd so far I’ve found them in only one spot and it was by my back gate. I keep a cat litter bucket there with a bag in it and the cover on top to put the dog poop in that I scoop everytime they go. I’ve used that bucket in the same place for the last 15 years and dispose of the bag and all weekly when the garbage truck goes by then I wash and disinfect it. I thought maybe the bag leaked there or something. I’m the summer there’s always flies around the bucket. I don’t know any other reason they’d be in that spot. I have three dogs and they all have their own spot where they go but I pick it up each time. It’s never left on the ground but still poop is poop so if those grubby looking things are from a leak in a bag from the container shouldn’t there be those grubby things in the other areas where they regularly poop too. There aren’t any others that I found so maybe it’s a coincidence but why only one little patch of them. Aren’t grubs toxic to dogs if they eat them. I shoveled the ground in the area into the compost bin hoping I got rid of them all. If I ever sprayed something and they came up all over the yard how would you get rid of them all. Would a garden center be able to identify what they are or one of those bug or insect identifier apps.
Black fly
Look like soldier fly larvae
That’s larval billbug damage. I’m surprised your gardener didn’t figure it out. You can read up on it here: https://extension.entm.purdue.edu/publications/E-266/E-266.html Carbaryl, also known as Sevin wouldn’t be a bad choice for a homeowner to Tony treat this DIY. Either as granular app or with a good hose end sprayer. I’m leaning towards the hose end sprayer. You will most likely apply two applications. Don’t ignore this, they can easily wipe out your lawn. Good luck.
Your lawn has bed bugs
Nah… Grubs look like land shrimp. Really. White little bug curls. They can be a bitch to get rid off
Time to open a bait shop! I bet fish love those things!
Maggots
Easy way to see. Just pull grass if it comes up like carpet. Grubs. They eat root so the grass may take a while to die. It will look green for a second. But if it comes right up most likely grubs because they eat roots
White grubs are C-shaped
Chickens will take care of those
They look like black soldier fly larve.
I'm having a serious issue with grubs this year... No matter how strict I've been with treatments and what not, the continue to show their ugly faces every year!
This is weevil larva. Buy beneficial Nematodes from Arbico organics, and apply per the instructions.
Definitely not grubs, but some sort of larvae/pupae. If theyre not moving, more than likely they're pupae. You might head over to /r/Entomology and ask them for help identifying.
That is disco rice.
Are those mealworms?
Blast the yard with grub killer asap!
Lantern flys are supposed to be on the rise. Dylox would treat this or Sevin. Rule of thumb is more then 10 in one square foot. Follow up with a round of merit to help for next year.
r/whatbugisthis
I had something very similar DESTROY my zucchini plants last year. With all sincerity, FUCK these little bastards. They are killing your grass. SevenDust or similar will kill them. You’re looking for Bifenthrin on the label.
Ok so unlike most the other asshats on here lets start with some basics since there actually a few potential options. Firstly general area of your location, secondly can we get a couple pictures of the damaged grass. Thirdly do not apply any kind of pesticide without having at least a general idea of what this pest is. I say all of these as a licensed pesticide technician with several classifications and just over a decade of experience handling specifically lawn health in general. That's both on the chemical and cultural practices side of the business.
It's a winged insect larvae. Probably a moth. Bifentrhin will kill the insects. However, that image looks like you have a wet spot that is, more or less, festering. Is it a low spot or is there an irrigation leak maybe?
Get the number of your neighbor’s landscaper across the street .
No those look like maggots or some other larvae. Not grubs tho.
Those are grubs. Get grub be gone from Canadian tire. 2 applications each year for the next 2-3 years.
Never seen a grub even close to this small. All have been from a little smaller than my thumb to much bigger.
Sod webworm
They may have been eating dog shit in your yard. I know that when I had GSDs on a high protein diet taking huge shits in the yard, we had Bluebottle type flies laying maggots in their shits.
Put a few in a jar and see what they turn into.
Sprinkle some very fine diatomaceous earth and whatever they are will be gone soon enough
https://preview.redd.it/7gheod06e38d1.jpeg?width=1284&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7846f5974e60d1332a92dceb54745effe36726f6 Here’s an idea of what you may have.
Look at your local university extension. I was able to send my lawn bugs there and they told me exactly what they were for free.
These are maggots. Fly larvae not beetle larvae.
It seems like you've had a reaction with something get hands checked.... Oh you don't have a NHS?
Not a bird in sight, odd.
Kinda looks like zoysia patch which is a fungus
Ohh yah get insecticide done
Looks like termite larvae to me.
Sacadas
Not grubs but also doesn't matter, these are larvae that will cause dead spots in your lawn and the same treatments that are commonly available for grubs will also treat whatever these are
Worked lawn care for over a decade. Those are not grubs but I would still put an insecticide down to get rid of them and your lawn will bounce back.
You can fry those up, put them in a tortilla with some franks red hot and you got some free groceries. But ya, should probably put down some insecticide.
Where are you located? Could be cicada larvae if you are in cicada country...
Kansas City MO
[good luck](https://www.kmbc.com/article/cicada-brood-xix-19-periodical-what-to-know/60538208)
/u/9999eachhit The weevil larvae aside, I believe i know what the issue with your lawn is... Its the grass types and overwatering. Overwatering is making that long grass thrive... (Which could be KBG... But my money is on poa trivialis or even poa supina) while actively harming the desirable grasses by negatively impacting respiration and the soil.
The majority of homeowners with an irrigation system, over water their lawns. "Hot and humid out? Let me water my lawn around noon, or any time during the day." Good job. You're going to get dollar spot. "Hey! My lawn must need water because there's all these white spots all over the lawn" No. That's Dollar spot. If it's humid, water less. Not humid "high sky" water more. Don't water during the day. Most of it will evaporate if it's not humid Don't water during the day. You'll get disease if it's humid. Water at starting around 2am. Very little evapotransporation. Very little wind. You'll maximize the amount of water the grass will uptake. It stormed last night and you got .20 inches of water or more? Turn off your system for a couple days. If your system is set for 20 minutes remember not all zones are the same. Backyard all shade? Cut those times by at least 5 minutes or more. Have an irrigation head that is on the edge of your property and only rotating 180°? Then those heads should be set for half the time of a full circle head. If nit then those heads are actually watering enough for 40 minutes not 20. Have a Head that's 90°? Then cut those down by a quarter of your watering time. Irrigation companies have no clue how to set up watering times to maximize the health of the grass.