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  2. Costelytra giveni - Wikipedia

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    In late autumn and during winter, they retreat down from the top 5 cm of soil and burrow down between 50–200 mm into the soil. During this phase, the grubs undergo a colour change from grayish/white into a yellow/cream colour. Once they reach the appropriate depth, the grub empties its stomach and starts to form a smooth oval shaped cell.

  3. Gleaning (birds) - Wikipedia

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    African penduline-tit (Anthoscopus caroli) hanging from the end of a branch and gleaning.. Gleaning is a feeding strategy by birds and bats in which they catch invertebrate prey, mainly arthropods, by plucking them from foliage or the ground, from crevices such as rock faces and under the eaves of houses, or even, as in the case of ticks and lice, from living animals.

  4. Groundhog - Wikipedia

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    Clover is a preferred food source for groundhogs. Eating wild vegetation. Mostly herbivorous, groundhogs eat primarily wild grasses and other vegetation, including berries, bark, leaves, and agricultural crops, when available. [31] [35] In early spring, dandelion and coltsfoot are important groundhog food items.

  5. 9 Expert-Approved Tips For Getting Rid Of Groundhogs - AOL

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    Here’s how to discourage them from making your garden an all-you-can-eat buffet: Identify the culprit . Set up a game cam if you haven’t seen a woodchuck and aren’t sure what’s causing the ...

  6. Costelytra zealandica - Wikipedia

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    Costelytra zealandica (commonly known as the grass grub) [1] is a species of scarab beetle found in forested areas of greater Wellington. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] It was originally described in 1846 by the British entomologist Adam White as Rhisotrogus zealandicus from a specimen obtained during the Ross expedition . [ 4 ]

  7. Vine weevil - Wikipedia

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    Grubs grow up to 1 cm in length, have a slightly curved, legless body and are creamy white in colour with a tan-brown head. They live below the soil surface, and feed on roots and cambium at the base of trunks. They mostly cause damage to herbaceous plants, particularly those growing in containers, where root growth is restricted.

  8. Phyllophaga - Wikipedia

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    Adult chafers eat the leaves and flowers of many deciduous trees, shrubs, and other plants. However, white grubs (reaching 40–45 mm long when full grown) live in the soil and feed on plant roots, especially those of grasses and cereals, and are occasional pests in pastures, nurseries, gardens, and golf courses. An obvious indication of ...

  9. Holotrichia serrata - Wikipedia

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    [6] [7] [8] In Sri Lanka, grubs have been observed to feed on the tap roots of the teak seedlings, and finally the damaged plants wilt and die. [9] Grubs also can be removed from the cultivation land by cultural practises such as ploughing, harrowing, hoeing, flooding and fallowing of fields, trap cropping and crop rotation.