Unidentified Bug in the Garden

Baduk 12/24/2018, 7:53 pm

I was digging in my soil this afternoon and found a lot of the bugs pictured below. Does anyone know what it is?

Edit: It appears that I cannot post photos since I am a new member. I guess I can in a week so will be back then.

**AtlantaMarie** 12/25/2018, 8:30 am

Hi Baduk. Welcome from Atlanta, GA! Glad you've found us... As soon as you can post pix, we'll be GLAD to help you out!

**sanderson** 12/31/2018, 5:13 pm

Baduk, Welcome to the Forum from California! $glad you\'re here$

Post the photo as soon as you can .

Baduk 12/31/2018, 7:02 pm

Photos of the bugs are below:

Unidentified Bug in the Garden IMG4754

**trolleydriver** 12/31/2018, 7:36 pm

Looks like the white grubs from June Bugs, Chafers and Japanese Beetles that we have here in Canada. They destroy lawns and skunks love to dig them up.

The linked article says, "Grubs feed on the roots of many plants, but like the fibrous roots of lawn grass best. As the roots are destroyed, turf will wilt and turn brown. Grubs also feed on potatoes and carrots in the garden. They cut the main stems or roots of plants below the soil surface, and tunnel into tubers and freshly rooted plants."

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/pest-control-tips/white-grubs.html

Baduk 12/31/2018, 7:48 pm

trolleydriver wrote:Looks like the white grubs from June Bugs, Chafers and Japanese Beetles that we have here in Canada. They destroy lawns and skunks love to dig them up.

The linked article says, "Grubs feed on the roots of many plants, but like the fibrous roots of lawn grass best. As the roots are destroyed, turf will wilt and turn brown. Grubs also feed on potatoes and carrots in the garden. They cut the main stems or roots of plants below the soil surface, and tunnel into tubers and freshly rooted plants."

https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/services/pest-control-tips/white-grubs.html

Thank you for your response. I had a lot of I'itoi onions planted in the bed with the bugs. The onions didn't grow (or died) over the course of three months. When I pulled the onions the roots looked fine, about 4" long even though the tops didn't look good. I occasionally fertilized with fish emulsion and a general purpose fertilizer so don't know whey they didn't do well.

Dan in Ct 1/2/2019, 8:05 am

Baduk, I think what you have in your hand is a ground beetle grub, a predator of the onion maggot. In other words you maybe holding the beneficial that ate the pest who destroyed your onions. If your county ag office is close by, you may want to take it in for a positive identification.

**Scorpio Rising** 7/12/2019, 9:35 pm

Agree with Dan on the ID. I had zero luck growing onions from seed and honestly I have a pretty green thumb. Got nothing, I mean one out of 16 made it? I use onion sets now, and much much more productive! Like potatoes....sets!

Welcome $glad you\'re here$

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