Updated: October 2020 What are leatherjackets? The leatherjacket life cycle Spotting leatherjacket grubs in your lawn What damage can leatherjackets do? How can you control leatherjackets? Leatherjacket controls to avoid Will leatherjackets keep attacking my lawn? Download my leatherjacket fact sheet This is a summary PDF of this blog post in an easy to see, printable format. What… Read More »

Updated: October 2020 What are leatherjackets? The leatherjacket life cycle Spotting leatherjacket grubs in your lawn What damage can leatherjackets do? How can you control leatherjackets? Leatherjacket controls to avoid Will leatherjackets keep attacking my lawn? Download my leatherjacket fact sheet This is a summary PDF of this blog post in an easy to see, printable format. What… Read More »

A chafer grub is the larval stage of a chafer beetle. They are white C-shaped grubs with a brown head and 3 pairs of legs at the front of their body. Chafer beetles are the common name for one of many species of Scarabaeidae flying beetles in the UK. Find out more about them and how they can damage lawns.

A chafer grub is the larval stage of a chafer beetle. They are white C-shaped grubs with a brown head and 3 pairs of legs at the front of their body. Chafer beetles are the common name for one of many species of Scarabaeidae flying beetles in the UK. Find out more about them and how they can damage lawns.

The chafer grub is a common pest in the UK damaging lawns in the spring and autumn. Find out how to identify it and control it here...

Leatherjackets and the animals which eat them can be very damaging to lawns in the UK. Find out how to identify them in these blog posts.

Chafer grubs are a difficult pest to control in British lawns. Find out more about them and how to control them with these series of blogs posts.

The chafer beetle life cycle is typical of the other beetles. Eggs are laid, these turn into larvae which then pupate and turn into adult beetles and fly.

Leatherjackets are one of the most devastating lawn pests found in the UK, literally eating their way through an entire lawn. Read how to spot them here.