A gardening question

09/20/2012 - 05:04

Hi, I've been coming across some strange looking curled-up larvae here in the earth! They're about an inch long, chunky and milky opaque/grey. I'm fascinated by the wealth of wildlife here, but does anyone know what they are, and whether they are a threat to my veg patch?

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Probably a beetle larvae of some sort, I had a few here when digging over my lettuce patch. If in doubt, try and Google images of  beetle larvae and find a match, that normally works for me

Hi, thanks for your replies, I never thought of googling though a load of images of larvae made my flesh creep... I found out that they are called white grubs, they are the laravae of European chafers and can wreck a lawn.