Tag Archives: Chafer

The chafer is the short term for the cockchafer. These are beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

Chafers in lawns

Once abundant throughout Europe is was once a major pest to arable crop farmland. It was nearly eradicated in the middle of the 20th century through extensive pesticides use. Since an increase in regulation of pest control, its numbers have started to grow again.

Chafers can be a pest in lawns. In large numbers they can eat their way through the roots of grass and the lawn can be severely damaged. If a badger or fox find these grubs in a lawn, the damage caused can be severe.

Find out more about these beetles in these blog pages.

Question: My lawn is rotting away?

I received this question from a reader called Tom in November 2018. Tom is concerned that his lawn is rotting away and would like to know why. This question arrived in the autumn following the drought and heatwave of 2018. Over the past 6 weeks my lawn has developed patches of what appears to be rotting grass. It… Read More »

Video: Digging up Chafer Grubs

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In the middle of December 2017 I received a call from a customer who was very concerned about the state of her lawn. There had been a great deal of damage caused by birds and a fox. Also large areas of the lawn had sustained damaged and the whole area looked a mess. As soon as I arrived… Read More »

Chafer grub identification and control in your lawn

In previous blogs I have looked at what is a chafer grub and the life cycle of the chafer beetle. In this post I’ll be looking at how to identify chafer grubs, and what you can do to control them in your lawn. Chafer grub damage to look for … Before considering a remedial treatment, you need to… Read More »