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While vertebrates are doing the most visible damage, the white grubs they’re after are the root of the problem.
In some Minnesota lawns, instead of the grass greening up, the grass is being torn up. People are reporting lawns ripped up...
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White grubs are the immature form of Japanese beetles.
Now that most Minnesotans can see the lawns again after a record-breaking winter, some aren’t too happy with what the melt has revealed. In the metro especially, people are...
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My lawn is dead and bumpy. It started as a small patch and has been spreading out daily. Any ideas?
The damage to your lawn is likely grubs combined with a vertebrate pest (skunks or raccoon) digging for the grubs. The grubs kill the...
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If you are noticing ugly, dead patches in your lawn, you might have an active population of white grubs. White grubs can cause serious damage to turfgrass. Their feeding injures plant roots, causing the turf to wilt and die.
Symptoms of...
If you are seeing unsightly brown patches in your lawn, you might be having a problem with white grubs. White grubs are soil-dwelling larvae of beetles. The adult beetles emerge in late-June and lay eggs in the turf during July. The eggs hatch in two to three weeks and tiny white grub larvae begin...