Beginner Gardening: grubs ate my lawn, what is the best remedy?, 1 by LMHmedchem

LMHmedchem wrote:
Thanks for the informative post, I always like getting good background information.

I have attached a picture of one of the grubs. Possibly someone here can help identify it. This is definitely not a caterpillar, so I think that it is a Japanese beetle larva.
http://turf.uark.edu/turfhelp/archives/070109 Japanese beetl...

This page suggests Dylox (imidacloprid) as the best treatment for large grubs at this time of year,
http://www.uaex.edu/Other_Areas/publications/PDF/FSA-7062.pd...

I put down some Bayer Dylox and watered it in. It is supposed to be a 24-hour kill product, but it has been several days and I am still finding live grubs. It is still pretty warm and is supposed to get near 80 later this week, so I would expect the grubs to still be relatively near the surface. When I rake, the grubs seem to be just under the turf and I find then when I peel it back. I can try another dose of Dylox later this week, but I don't like the idea of saturating my lawn with a pesticide that isn't killing of what I want to get rid of.

LMHmedchem

This message was edited Sep 30, 2013 4:43 PM