If you find your lawn afflicted with the curse of the lawn grubs don’t despair. Treating and eradicating these pests is relatively easy.

Here’s some signs to look out for:

Increased bird activity on your lawn

One of the most easily spotted symptoms is an increase in bird activity on your lawn. These grubs make a great snack for the local birds and you’ll find them popping over to your place for lunch!

Greyish-brown moths

Small, greyish brown moths fly around looking out for the healthiest lawn to leave their eggs on, giving their larvae the best chance of survival. These moths can be seen flying around just above the grass normally around dusk. These moths lay their eggs en masse, and in 2–5 days these eggs become grub larvae. These caterpillars are the critters doing the damage as they spend between 18–24 days chewing through your beautiful lawn before becoming pupae and around 5–8 days later moths and so the cycle begins again!

Brown patches in your lawn

As your lawn recovers from the winter chill and spring sees your lawn becoming greener, especially after your spring fertilising, keep an eye out for brown patches that stay brown. You can lift some of the grass in the patched and if lawn grubs are the culprit you’ll find that the grass will roll up like a carpet, as it has no roots.

How to treat lawn grubs

So how do you fix it? If you suspect you have lawn grubs there are treatments available. There are plenty of pest controls available on the market. It’s good to keep in mind that it can take a while to break up the cycle so you want to look for something that is going to remain in the soil, like LSA Grub Guard. Another option is Lawnporn History. With other treatments a second application may be necessary.

Grub Guard RTU 2 Ltrs
$36.20

Grub Guard kills aphids, bugs, caterpillars and many other pests, and it’s the only product on the market that kills lawn grub larva. That means you can use it post attack from a host of pests and prior to an attack from grubs.

Lawnporn History
$99.00

Lawnporn History Systemic insecticide is a professional lawn solution for the control of lawn pests including African Black Beetle,Scarabs and Larvae.

Prevention

Unfortunately attack by these grubs can happen to any lawn and can occur numerous times during a season.

This is why we recommend Acelepryn GR or Yates Grub Kill and Protect. Both provide safe and effective control of black beetle while minimising the impact on the environment and non-target organisms, such as bees and earthworms.

Acelepryn and Yates Grub Kill and Protect targets pests such as black beetle, stem weevil, cut worm and army worm. The great thing about these products in comparison to other pesticides, is that they’re preventative. This is why spring is a great time to spread it out and protect your lawn for up to six months.