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Grub id

I cleared off a garage roof of years of rotted down greenery.  I collected it all up because it looks like good compost, when tipping the bugs out i have come across a lot of these grubs. 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,129

    That looks like a rose chafer larva - look here  http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/larva-guide/  

    Put them in a compost heap or pile of rotting leaves - they'll help the earthworms to break it down.

    Fascinating critters image


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





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