Beetle grubs. Good if they are in the compost, bad if they are in the lawn.
Ok-Literature9162
Beetles from the scarab family, which these are, are basically impossible to identify at this stage.
thejourneybegins42
Bird food.
lumsh
Beets
Erfrischendfair
free protein
Old_Touch3534
Chicken treat in my back yard.
Paperwork2025
free snacks – if the kitchen is far away from the garden!
Tao_of_Entropy
probably chaffer beetles
AdelleDeWitt
Chicken crack
NameLips
Grubs. Good in compost, not good in garden beds.
They turn into some kind of beetle. Around here they turn into figeater beetles, which are very pretty.
Lemon-Leaf-10
Grubs. The ones we have around here look just like that and they turn into June bugs.
adognameddanzig
A delicacy in some places.
Small-Quality-7154
They turn into June bugs they will eat your garden leaves and they fly and are the size of bumble bees.
Ksorkrax
Question to narrow it down, do they taste more like walnuts or more like fried cheese?
WritPositWrit
Some kind of beetle. Probably Japanese beetle or Junebug.
I toss them on the driveway for birds to eat.
secret_slapper
My chickens absolute favorite treat EVER! This is chicken crack…they WILL find them and happily eat them. I can’t dig anywhere on my property without a captive audience and annoying assistants.
ETA: even my husband is trained at this point to feed to gleeful birds.
SteveLouise
Baby beetles.
Which ones? Too hard to say.
Cam0uflag3
So I have a comment for you i read a long time ago
‘I see a lot of mistakes regarding these larvaes. There are 2 similar ones, but one type is beneficial, while the other one eats the roots of your plants.
It is quite easy to differenciate those : check their heads and their butts : small heads and big butts : they are “Cétoines” or “Ketone” in english. Thats what you have in your cup, you can release them in a pot with decomposed wood and they will eat it. They don’t eat fresh roots of your plants. They become gorgeous green beetles. These are benefitial, great pollinators too.
The ones with big heads and small butts : they are maybug or “Hanneton” in french. THEY eat roots.
Raccoons have dug up the yards in my neighborhood, including mine, looking for grubs!
A_Few_Drinks_Behind
Sapper Morton’s protein farm.
HawksGold88
Fishing bait!!!
chancy_fungus
Grüb
elsielacie
Depending where you are they could be a number of things. Not automatically bad.
Everyone bemoans the loss of the beautiful golden Christmas Beetles where I live. Online garden groups are simultaneously full of people chanting “kill kill” to pictures of grubs and seeking advice on which pesticides to use against them.
🤷♀️
DJMagicHandz
Chicken snacks
SwallowTalon
Not all grubs are foes
OldGuyBadwheel
Beatle grubs. Great chicken food
Dmomma86
Grubs. They actually attack the root system of your plants.
Grubs. If you have grubs the moles are close behind.
TythonTv
If you’re in the southwestern US they could be Jerusalem Cricket larva. They can be beneficial but can also chew through crop roots without enough other food, like more voracious isopods.
MrArborsexual
Why are you all wanting to kill these guys when you have no idea what species they are?
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Grubs
Beetle grubs. Good if they are in the compost, bad if they are in the lawn.
Beetles from the scarab family, which these are, are basically impossible to identify at this stage.
Bird food.
Beets
free protein
Chicken treat in my back yard.
free snacks – if the kitchen is far away from the garden!
probably chaffer beetles
Chicken crack
Grubs. Good in compost, not good in garden beds.
They turn into some kind of beetle. Around here they turn into figeater beetles, which are very pretty.
Grubs. The ones we have around here look just like that and they turn into June bugs.
A delicacy in some places.
They turn into June bugs they will eat your garden leaves and they fly and are the size of bumble bees.
Question to narrow it down, do they taste more like walnuts or more like fried cheese?
Some kind of beetle. Probably Japanese beetle or Junebug.
I toss them on the driveway for birds to eat.
My chickens absolute favorite treat EVER! This is chicken crack…they WILL find them and happily eat them. I can’t dig anywhere on my property without a captive audience and annoying assistants.
ETA: even my husband is trained at this point to feed to gleeful birds.
Baby beetles.
Which ones? Too hard to say.
So I have a comment for you i read a long time ago
‘I see a lot of mistakes regarding these larvaes. There are 2 similar ones, but one type is beneficial, while the other one eats the roots of your plants.
It is quite easy to differenciate those : check their heads and their butts : small heads and big butts : they are “Cétoines” or “Ketone” in english. Thats what you have in your cup, you can release them in a pot with decomposed wood and they will eat it. They don’t eat fresh roots of your plants. They become gorgeous green beetles. These are benefitial, great pollinators too.
The ones with big heads and small butts : they are maybug or “Hanneton” in french. THEY eat roots.
Just check google for the differences between them.’
– [source](https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/s/bXkHnPQ7bq)
Raccoons have dug up the yards in my neighborhood, including mine, looking for grubs!
Sapper Morton’s protein farm.
Fishing bait!!!
Grüb
Depending where you are they could be a number of things. Not automatically bad.
Everyone bemoans the loss of the beautiful golden Christmas Beetles where I live. Online garden groups are simultaneously full of people chanting “kill kill” to pictures of grubs and seeking advice on which pesticides to use against them.
🤷♀️
Chicken snacks
Not all grubs are foes
Beatle grubs. Great chicken food
Grubs. They actually attack the root system of your plants.
June bug larvae.
some kind of beast for sure
Grubs!
Slimy yet satisfying.
https://preview.redd.it/5tcezxggojmg1.jpeg?width=318&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=f7dd662d45b24f3725bc8bab9b75e4dc6e1105fd
Grubs. If you have grubs the moles are close behind.
If you’re in the southwestern US they could be Jerusalem Cricket larva. They can be beneficial but can also chew through crop roots without enough other food, like more voracious isopods.
Why are you all wanting to kill these guys when you have no idea what species they are?
Japanese Beetle grubs… kill them … kill them all
https://www.farmandfleet.com/blog/treat-japanese-beetles-grubs/
Mate they tun into black African beetle, will destroy you lawn, urgent pesticide that kills grubs and beetles
Snacks