Your lawn should reflect the quality of your property, but Chafer beetle grubs can quietly damage it from beneath the soil. Chafer beetles are an invasive insect known for damaging lawns since 2001. Adult beetles are a brown color and are about 25mm when fully grown.
You’ll start noticing them coming out in early June to mate and lay eggs. The eggs then hatch into larvae called grubs. As the grubs grow they continue eating the grass roots, damaging the grass and creating drying brown patches on your lawn. They also attract animals such as birds, raccoons and skunks who dig up the grass to eat them.
The best way to prevent chafer beetles damaging your lawn is by ensuring your lawn is well-watered, aerated and fertilized! To protect your lawn you can use biological control methods such as Acelepryn G! Which is a bacteria that kills larvae or beetles when ingested. This has a higher success rate than other treatments. If your lawn has already been destroyed we first need to control any remaining grubs so the problem doesn’t continue. Then we can fix the damaged areas by raking away dead grass, loosening the soil, adding fresh top soil, and reseeding or laying new sod. If Chafer beetles are damaging your lawn, reach out to us today for professional treatment and expert lawn restoration.
