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Bug ID help please

PaidpnutsPaidpnuts Posts: 8
in Problem solving
Can anybody tell me what these are ?
Found about 20 of them in 2m as area of plot not touched for a couple of years. They're 3 - 4 cm long and very wriggly when exposed to the light. 
Don't  want to kill them, just move somewhere else if they're not veg friendly.
Many thanks

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  • PaidpnutsPaidpnuts Posts: 8
    Sorry pictures didn't  upload
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  • TheGreenManTheGreenMan Posts: 1,957
    They look like chafer grubs to me. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    This is a wonderful resource which should help ID them. 


    😊 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • PaidpnutsPaidpnuts Posts: 8
    Many thanks. After a bit more research, I think they're  cockchafer grubs, so have given them a new home in the wild area by the farmer's  pond.
  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Paidpnuts said:
    Many thanks. After a bit more research, I think they're  cockchafer grubs, so have given them a new home in the wild area by the farmer's  pond.
    What an unfortunate name  :s
    East Lancs
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    edited September 2020
    Chuckling here @Biglad  ... The name means ‘big beetle’. They are magnificent beasts ... we love finding them. 
    Also known as May Bugs, June Bugs or Doodlebugs ... and over here in Suffolk and Norfolk they’re known as a Billywitch. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • BigladBiglad Posts: 3,265
    Chuckling d-fab?! I'm wincing here!  :o  :o  :o
    East Lancs
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