Re: A Question About Grubs
[Re: Paul Winkelmann]
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08/25/15 03:44 PM
08/25/15 03:44 PM
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BigBob
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This time of year I expect they've morphed into adults, who will lay eggs for the next Gen.
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Re: A Question About Grubs
[Re: Bob Jameson]
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09/02/15 12:20 PM
09/02/15 12:20 PM
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Speaking of grubs, earlier this afternoon I saw a small wave of blue-winged Japanese wasps foraging/digging in a lawn full of grubs as a part of their reproductive cycle.
If you don't know the specie they locate the shallow beetle grubs thru some excavation, sting them to immobilize them and lay their eggs close for them to feed upon the grubs when the wasp eggs develop into the larvae stage.
Maybe you have a large cycle population of blue winged wasps this year. They were hammering the grubs the last week here in many areas. Don't need Diazinon if you have a good population of these insects. We have a similar wasp here in STX called a Cicada Killer Wasp that does the same as your BWJ Wasp except it only hunts Cicadas (Locusts) but digs a den to stash them beforehand. The female wasp is larger than the male and does all the work of digging out the den and hunting her prey. I've had quite a handful of calls from customers lately complaining of gopher/mole mounds in their yards. The smaller mounds with an opening to their dens along with the channel leading to the opening (dug by the wasp to facilitate dragging in the heavier cicada) makes for an easy ID and a chance to educate the homeowner.
"Happier than a gopher in wet sand."
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