It’s whitish and squishy, it lurks in dark places, and it may be coming to a lawn near you. Maybe it’s already there. If sections of your grass are brown and dead or your turf looks Roto-tilled, ...

Chafer grubs are the larvae of large, flying beetles. There are several species, collectively known as chafers. The grubs live in the soil, feeding on plant roots. What damage do chafer grubs do in ...

The heat is on — or was. A Fourth of July weekend with temperatures eclipsing 90 degrees has set into motion all sorts of outdoor activity. Tomato plants are flourishing, pumpkin vines are growing a ...

A new article explains the biology of white grubs, also known as masked chafers, and discusses options for managing them. White grubs, commonly known as masked chafers, are fat, cream-colored, ...

Autumn is an ideal time to repair worn-out lawns before winter arrives, and damage caused by seasonal pests is just one thing to look out for. Chafer grubs and leather jackets are a particular problem ...

Every lawn has its day, to borrow a phrase, and the lawns of the North Shore are in for a rude awakening with the arrival of the European chafer. First found in New Westminster in 2001 and later in ...

At the end of the year, visitors will have an opportunity to try out white chafer grubs, salted fried Chu U crabs, Tra Cuon cylindrical glutinous rice cake… Fried white chafer grubs. When the monsoon ...

Q: I applied milky spore a couple of years ago, four times during the year and always just before a rain storm. This past fall, grubs made a feast of my lawn. Has anyone else run into this, despite ...

Chafer grubs will gradually move throughout the Lower Mainland wherever lawns are grown - it is an inevitability. But, as one reader told me, "I have removed lots of lawn and turned it into beds or ...

CHAFER grubs and leatherjackets are disastrous for lawns, because they eat the roots over autumn and winter, emerging in spring as chafer beetles, or crane flies in the case of leatherjackets.