May Bugs

by Compostwoman 18th May 2010, 10:54 pm

First ones bashing themselves silly on the window sills tonight!

by Compostwoman 18th May 2010, 11:13 pm

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by AngelinaJellyBeana 19th May 2010, 8:07 am

don't like the look of them beasties

are they goodies or baddies???

by Compostwoman 19th May 2010, 8:20 am

Mmm depends on your perspective I guess. May bugs are Cockchafers - the larvae are white chafer bugs...and eat roots....can be an agricultural pest in large numbers but pesticides use has seen them declining.

I like them though, even though they can do damage to root crops.

by Adrian 19th May 2010, 11:21 am

Chafer bugs are a turf maintenance nightmare, fortunately I don't deal with lawn and turf.

by Sparhawk 20th May 2010, 11:46 pm

Compostwoman wrote: May bugs are Cockchafers -

Hmm, & there was me thinking that was the name for new lederhosen... May Bugs Affraid

by Snoopka 21st May 2010, 8:59 am

I had to learn about these bugs, as most of them are beneficial, and yet they are so awesome when you find them in the compost heap. For a long time I would just chuck them in the middle of the road to give them a chance (i.e. not kill them outright) as I thought they were decimating all my vegetable roots! The stag beetle larva is so awesome, fatter than my thumb. I have seen learned the error of my ways. May Bugs Icon_redface

This is a brilliant site with very clear details to help differentiate cockshafers from others:
http://maria.fremlin.de/stagbeetles/larva-guide/index.html

by Guest 5th June 2010, 7:35 pm

I learnt that lesson too to the dismay of our chickens!

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