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. —

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