Twilightpaladin Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I was out weeding around a poor abused young grape plant, and I dug up a little white grub. Remembering you guys singing praises of those little plastic cups, I went in to the house to grab one to scoop it up in. I'm fairly certain that it is just the grub of a pesky june bug, But I was wondering if you fine folks could tell me anything more about feeding it. I made sure to take some of the dirt it was grubbing around in, as well as some bits of roots from the weeds, which I have always been told that they eat. However, I looked online and it mentions that it's the adults that do the damage to the crops. So I guess what I'm asking is if it even needs food as a larvae and if so, what I should be feeding my captive. Thank you in advance all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LarvaHunter Posted May 5, 2014 Report Share Posted May 5, 2014 I would recommend a decomposted leaves/ wood mix with 20% compost manure, I wouldn't worry about using the root weeds. Maybe others have better mixes to suggest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilightpaladin Posted May 8, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 8, 2014 Well I don't exactly have any suitable substrate pre-prepared, Suppose some of the organic potting soil would work? It appears to have a decent mix of dingy wood bits and such. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max Posted May 17, 2014 Report Share Posted May 17, 2014 Showing photo of the grub could help to identify the larvae and the best substrate for it:) http://beetlesaspets.blogspot.co.uk/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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