white grub
noun
: a grub that is a destructive pest of grass roots and is the larva of various beetles and especially june bugs
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Many other turf-destroying grubs, such as Japanese beetles and chafers, also are large white grubs.
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Beneficial nematodes can be applied to a lawn where white grubs feed, which will infect them with deadly parasites.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
There is no one fix-all/kill-all application for adult beetles and their larvae/white grub offspring.
—Betty Cahill, The Know, 23 June 2020
Keeping lawns on the drier side during peak egg-laying months (July-August) will reduce eggs from growing to the next larvae/white grub stage.
—Betty Cahill, The Know, 23 June 2020
There are insecticides labeled for control of white grubs in turf.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
The browning grass looks like damage of white grub worms.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2019
Females lay batches of up to 75 eggs in balls of soil below ground, which eventually turn into large white grubs.
—Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2019
The best management tools are based on knowing this insect’s life cycle — both the adult and their larva (white grub) stages cause plant damage.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
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Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2024
Beneficial nematodes can be applied to a lawn where white grubs feed, which will infect them with deadly parasites.
—Miri Talabac, Baltimore Sun, 2 May 2024
There is no one fix-all/kill-all application for adult beetles and their larvae/white grub offspring.
—Betty Cahill, The Know, 23 June 2020
Keeping lawns on the drier side during peak egg-laying months (July-August) will reduce eggs from growing to the next larvae/white grub stage.
—Betty Cahill, The Know, 23 June 2020
There are insecticides labeled for control of white grubs in turf.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
The browning grass looks like damage of white grub worms.
—Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Sep. 2019
Females lay batches of up to 75 eggs in balls of soil below ground, which eventually turn into large white grubs.
—Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 17 July 2019
The best management tools are based on knowing this insect’s life cycle — both the adult and their larva (white grub) stages cause plant damage.
—Betty Cahill, The Denver Post, 24 June 2019
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“White grub.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white%20grub. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.
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