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Category Archives: Pests

Japanese Beetle Grubs

December 4, 2018m.g.o.stratfordPestsinsecticides, Japanese beetles

If you have an infestation of Japanese beetles you will want to destroy the grubs before they develop into beetles and feed on your plants. In Canada, the grubs are a problem in Ontario and Vancouver. During the summer, the beetles mate and lay eggs in the soil. Those eggs hatch in late August, and

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Japanese Beetles

November 15, 2018m.g.o.stratfordPestsinsecticides, Japanese beetles, summer

Japanese Beetles are very destructive. You will want to get rid of them from your garden. They feed on more than 300 species of plants from grape vines to roses, corkscrew hazel to lindens and their grubs will eat the roots of your turf. You won’t see them early in the season but as the

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