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The welsh chafer (hoplia philanthus) is the common name for a species of cockchafer. These are beetles in the family Scarabaeidae.

Welsh 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 are rising again.

Welsh Chafers are not only found in Wales, but all over the UK.

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

Find out more about these beetles in these blog pages.

What is a chafer grub?

A chafer grub is the larval stage of a chafer beetle. They are white C-shaped grubs with a brown head and 3 pairs of legs at the front of their body. Chafer beetles are the common name for one of many species of Scarabaeidae flying beetles in the UK. The adults beetles emerge from their pupa in the ground… Read More »

Chafer beetle life cycle

A garden chafer beetle (Phyllopertha horticola)

The chafer beetle life cycle is typical of other beetles in the Scarabaeidae family of beetles. Eggs are laid into the soil which hatch into small white grubs. Then, after a lengthy period of growth, these grubs pupate and the transform into their adult forms and take to the air to mate. They are an interesting species to take a… Read More »