Spring is a time when everything blooms and is born again. Maybe you will find different beetle larvae in the garden. How do you recognize pests from a harmless helper?
Work in the garden is in full swing. That is why reader Vašek of Beroun turned to us, who found white pervasive larvae on his land, with whom he did not know. “I have respect for nature, but in any case I don’t want to risk a pest that would make me a monthly landscape from the garden… don’t know what it is?” He wrote to us… Maybe any of you experienced the situation. Therefore, we turned to advice directly to the expert. And here’s the answer.
The video author, Panzett, will show you what the Golden Larva Larva looks like. More on YouTube.com.
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Developmental stages
“The larva, which Mr. Václav has in his garden, can be either a chroust or a goldsmith. Chroust passes through several developmental stages. First, it is an egg, then turns into a grim and lives for about three to four years in the soil, where they feed on the roots of plants (most often cereals). In the end, he will round out, sexually matures and establishes another “Chrousti clan” in your garden.
Chroust or Zlatohlávek?
While the young chroust attacks your greenery from below, an adult individual focuses on the leaves of trees that he sibs with the taste. We did not please Mr. Vašek (and apparently you). But you don’t have to worry, because the larva of the Chrousta and the golden head looks similar. So maybe you have a better version on your plot. How do you distinguish these two beetles? “The larva of the golden -header is more powerful, has shorter legs, short antennae and round butt. The germ of the chroust is the opposite.
What will reveal the place of occurrence …
The fact will also help a lot in the diagnosis of larvae when you realize the environment in which you can find them. Larvae Zlatohávka mostly occupy compost. Rather, you can find the chrousta in pots or on the beds… If you find that you have settled on the plot, then you need to get rid of them completely – not only adult individuals but also germs. “Previously, grinding was thrown to hens, but that is no longer true today. It is better to use the parasitic nematodes of the Heterorhabditis Bacteriophora.
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