grubworms

[so lucky]

Speaking of fishing with them, my father in law had a Catalpa tree just so he could use the Catalpa worms for bait. He called them "Cataphia worms." I just googled it and saw it is a derivitive of Catawba tree.

 

[desertlady]

Still digging up grub worms ! I wonder how many they can hatch ! I found the biggest one ever , larger than a quarter ! so unbelievable !

 

[catjac1975]

http://insects.tamu.edu/fieldguide/bimg141.html

http://www.google.com/imgres?q=japa...222&start=0&ndsp=16&ved=1t:429,r:12,s:0,i:102

I use milky spore -an organic bioinsecticide-supposed to last for 25 years.

 

[lesa]

Every year I say I am going to try that Cat... have you seen a huge decline in J.B's?

 

[catjac1975]

Every year I say I am going to try that Cat... have you seen a huge decline in J.B's?

Absolutely-When you have a bad infestation in your lawn, it will grow lush and they die back when the heat hits. The grubs eat the roots. I think you spread the MS in the spring-label will tell you. I do not see too many Japanese beetles any more.

 

[momofdrew]

I have three areas of my yard that are crawling with grubs... they have killed my lawn... I need to get milky spore it is safe to use with the birds/chickens eating the grubs...

 

[catjac1975]

I have three areas of my yard that are crawling with grubs... they have killed my lawn... I need to get milky spore it is safe to use with the birds/chickens eating the grubs...

I don't think it would be a problem. Call the company if you are concerned. MS is a biological control. They eat the spore get sick,can't eat and die-if my memory serves me correctly. I think it has been around for 40 years or so. Also the spores stay in the soil-some packages say 3 years but they used to say 30 years. It reproduces in the soil. Follow the directions carefully so you don't waste your money. I look at it as giving the grubs the flu.

 

[desertlady]

Thanks for that information Cat.

 

[so lucky]

And just as bad as the white grubs eating the roots of your lawn grass: moles are attracted to the lawn for the grubs. So you have mole runs and hills killing your lawn as well. That's why a lot of people use the milky spore--to get rid of moles.

 

[ducks4you]

Gosh, what a dilemma! I'm torn between planting 4 O'clocks to kill the Japanese beetles with, or use pheremone traps again to catch and freeze the beetles for my chickens to eat next winter. Either way sounds very satisfying..............

Ya know, I've USED those pheremone traps and they die in the bags and STINK!!
I don't think you'd eat anything else in your freezer if you froze the bugs in there.