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Can Anyone tell me what these are?
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:27 pm
by moose72
Hello guys, I turned my compost pile that is almost complete and found several of these little critters. Not sure what they are. Can anyone tell me?
Thanks
[img]https://i1118.photobucket.com/albums/k616/moose1972/IMG00644.jpg[/img]
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 11:48 pm
by Kisal
It's a grub of some kind. The pic is kind of dark, so all I can tell you about what "kind" it might be is that if it's a creamy white color with a dark rear end, then it isn't anything good. I would kill them. The critters that develop from such grubs are never ones I consider "garden friends".
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 2:35 am
by moose72
Thanks for the reply. I'll see if I can get a better picture tomorrow. I just have never had any of these growing in my compost lol
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 6:53 am
by rainbowgardener
I get grubs like that in my compost pile every once in awhile. For me it is usually one or two, I have never seen a bunch of them. Most likely they are Japanese beetle larvae. I just pull them out of the compost and throw them on the concrete patio, where they can't burrow in and become bird food.
Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2011 9:56 am
by soil
chicken food