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What grub is this?

tiny-nioclas · 2008-09-22 16:00:29

http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maggotcv2.jpg I was out doing a bit of gardening during the week and noticed loads of these grubs around 10-12 inches below the soil, can anyone tell me what insect they will turn into?They were around three inches long too, Rotten things!

22-09-2008 4:00pm

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http://img221.imageshack.us/my.php?image=maggotcv2.jpg

I was out doing a bit of gardening during the week and noticed loads of these grubs around 10-12 inches below the soil, can anyone tell me what insect they will turn into?They were around three inches long too, Rotten things!

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#2 22-09-2008 4:55pm

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Looks like a cockchafer grub to me.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer

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#3 22-09-2008 4:57pm

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I have no idea what they are but 10 to 12 inches under ground is a fair depth. I am only thinking of one of the bee species which burrows...

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#4 22-09-2008 4:59pm

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Alun wrote: »

Looks like a cockchafer grub to me.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockchafer

I think you got it!!

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#5 23-09-2008 2:45pm

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Cheers guys, its definately a cockchafer grub,i see them around the house from time to time, we must have dug up 30-35 of them in a small enough area.

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#6 24-09-2008 9:19am

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found one of those bay's in my garden myself last yeah. used it for fishing and caught a master trout straight away!!!

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