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I wonder if someone can help me as I am going out of my head with some larvae in my garden.
In September, we had a new patio laid and I did not cut the grass for around six weeks whilst the work was being done. I am usually meticulous with my grass and it is a bit of a hobby for me, no weeds etc. We live in a terraced house so only have a very small area of grass.
Once the garden was finished, I purchased a lot of ‘Patch Magic’ which is grass seed in soil and I used it to fill in loads of the edges where there was then just concrete holes.
About three weeks ago (end of November) we awoke one morning to find about 150 larvae crawling around on our patio. We dustpan and brushed them all up, but they just keep on coming. We had about two days where they did not appear and I thought that was the end of it. However, as soon as it rains again, they all come out. I have realised they come out of the grass. They are most active at night so when it is dark and rains they come out literally in their hundreds.
In total, I must now have got rid of about 2,000-3,000 of these!
Please can someone tell me what they are and what I do? If anything, more of them seem to be appearing! Last night it rained heavily and at least 500 came out, maybe more. I am spending every single morning and evening clearing these away and pouring them into our brown bin and am at the end of my tether. I have applied two treatments of ‘Nemasys Leatherjacket Autumn Treatment’ as someone suggested they may be leatherjackets. However, this has been down in the grass now for two weeks with no sign of them stopping.
I watered my grass a lot in the summer as it was very hot and dry for a long time and my grass was probably the only nice green grass in the whole street – I don’t know if this has anything to do with why this has happened?
I could really do with some help to identify what they are, how to treat them and if the whole grass just needs digging up. Also – how do we stop this in the future?
I have attached photos to this message.
Thanks so much.
I wonder if someone can help me as I am going out of my head with some larvae in my garden.
In September, we had a new patio laid and I did not cut the grass for around six weeks whilst the work was being done. I am usually meticulous with my grass and it is a bit of a hobby for me, no weeds etc. We live in a terraced house so only have a very small area of grass.
Once the garden was finished, I purchased a lot of ‘Patch Magic’ which is grass seed in soil and I used it to fill in loads of the edges where there was then just concrete holes.
About three weeks ago (end of November) we awoke one morning to find about 150 larvae crawling around on our patio. We dustpan and brushed them all up, but they just keep on coming. We had about two days where they did not appear and I thought that was the end of it. However, as soon as it rains again, they all come out. I have realised they come out of the grass. They are most active at night so when it is dark and rains they come out literally in their hundreds.
In total, I must now have got rid of about 2,000-3,000 of these!
Please can someone tell me what they are and what I do? If anything, more of them seem to be appearing! Last night it rained heavily and at least 500 came out, maybe more. I am spending every single morning and evening clearing these away and pouring them into our brown bin and am at the end of my tether. I have applied two treatments of ‘Nemasys Leatherjacket Autumn Treatment’ as someone suggested they may be leatherjackets. However, this has been down in the grass now for two weeks with no sign of them stopping.
I watered my grass a lot in the summer as it was very hot and dry for a long time and my grass was probably the only nice green grass in the whole street – I don’t know if this has anything to do with why this has happened?
I could really do with some help to identify what they are, how to treat them and if the whole grass just needs digging up. Also – how do we stop this in the future?
I have attached photos to this message.
Thanks so much.