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    Whats this "beastie"

    Hi all
    I have just started digging over my new allotment and I keep coming on a white (ish) grub that is about 3\4 to 1 in long and I suppose about pencil thick.
    Anyone able to tell me what they are, or may become.
    Cheers John
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    Can you take a foto John, it'll help no end, could be a beetle lava but it maybe something less welcome!
    ntg
    Never be afraid to try something new.
    Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
    A large group of professionals built the Titanic
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    • #3
      I found one of them, I threw it on the road so the birds could eat it, dont know what it was though

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      • #4
        Sounds like a daddy long legs grub to me
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        • #5
          These are normally brownish, like this

          http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL.../crane_fly.htm
          ntg
          Never be afraid to try something new.
          Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
          A large group of professionals built the Titanic
          ==================================================

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          • #6
            Could it be a leatherjacket?

            Lorna.
            Lorna.

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            • #7
              Same thing Lorna. It could be a few things thats why a foto would help.
              ntg
              Never be afraid to try something new.
              Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
              A large group of professionals built the Titanic
              ==================================================

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              • #8
                Could have been a maggot.

                Need to see a photo, if the birds ate and lived then they will be happy
                Last edited by Lesley Jay; 06-04-2006, 11:22 AM.
                Best wishes
                Andrewo
                Harbinger of Rhubarb tales

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                • #9
                  Leatherjacket or Chafer grubs - makes no difference - if you find more, feed 'em to the birdies
                  Rat

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                  Scottish by the Grace of God

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                  • #10
                    Thanks for all your comments, I will get a photo if I find anymore.

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                    • #11
                      I too think its a chafer grub as i think it match's the description most accurately.
                      Last edited by Green Great; 27-03-2006, 06:25 AM.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by nick the grief
                        These are normally brownish, like this

                        http://www.fcps.k12.va.us/StratfordL.../crane_fly.htm
                        thats the ugly fat thing that I fed to the birdies

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                        • #13
                          I assume you meant the grub & not Me Dragonz

                          It could be a chafer GG. if it looks like these

                          http://www.greengardener.co.uk/chafer.htm
                          ntg
                          Never be afraid to try something new.
                          Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
                          A large group of professionals built the Titanic
                          ==================================================

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by nick the grief
                            Same thing Lorna. It could be a few things thats why a foto would help.
                            Well there you go, I never knew that is what a leatherjacket was - horrid things they are! I don't mind really Daddy Long Legs though, except when they flutter about indoors at night evading capture and making all that noise.

                            Just goes to show, you really do learn something new every day on the 'vine.

                            Lorna.
                            Lorna.

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                            • #15
                              The day you stop learning is the day they box you up my grandad always said.
                              ntg
                              Never be afraid to try something new.
                              Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark.
                              A large group of professionals built the Titanic
                              ==================================================

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