white grub - help

[phreakah]

Heya everyone.

I've just emptied my 3 year old pot of hops out to divide up - and found about 40 of these suckers.

Think they could be white curl grubs - they look like they live pretty close to the roots.

Has anyone got a name of a pesticide I can use on my plants living in pots to get rid of these buggers?

 

Plants are: khat, pistacio, blueberry, raspberry, batswing coral tree, phalaris grass, strawberry guava

Edited July 24, 2011 by phreakah

[Reverend]

They are called white curl grubs, larva of beetles. (cant remember their names)

Repot and use either confidor or neem.

[phreakah]

Thanks rev

Just realised I hadnt even put the pics up yet heheh

 

edit: is confidor safe to use on plants I'm going to eat from?

Edited July 24, 2011 by phreakah

[louise]

Also called a cockchafer, if you are looking for a non poisonous solution -

 

few drops of tea tree oil

few drops of detergent

tsp molasses

one litre of warm water

 

Shake and pour into the affected soil and they should come to the surface, where yu can pick them off.

[Ganja Gorilla]

Depending on where you are they are probably the larva of rhinoceros or christmas beetles. We've always call them mully grubs but white curl grub is what most people call them. They'll rip through the roots if giving a chance...

[nitram]

hi phreaky - GG's nailed the ID - curl grub or lawn grub or as indiginious Austraians call em "mully grubs" - I've used a 'bunnings' brand named 'chemspray Lawn Grub' mixed a 2ml diluted solution up (well under application specs) I gave the pots 1 dose which did the trick.

 

 

 

oh! one more experience worth noting is the symptoms with an active "mully Grub".

 

The weird thing is that single branches would just flownder overnight one at time.

 

They can do some damage if left to munch on @ the roots

 

Nitty.

 

 

[phreakah]

just somewhere to put these pics...

one is a white brugmansia (angels trumpet, just dropping its last flowers now) and one is an orange one, no flowers yet but you can see the flower bud drooping down.