Chris300 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 I was just wondering around my garden racking up the leaves and found this massive thing. Any ideas what it is? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TonyB Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Send the photo to the Ministry of Agriculture I think they were saying saying something about giant caterpillars a while ago but I cant remember what Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris300 Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 I remember them talking about a hairy caterpillar that was dangerous over the summer but can’t find anything about large caterpillars. Ive emailed the pics to my gramps who is very knowledgeable about these things. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz 300 Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Looks like a Horribilis Beno.☠️ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewG Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Chafer grub: https://gardening.which.co.uk/hc/en-gb/articles/115000658109-Chafer-grubs 1 Quote She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris300 Posted November 16, 2019 Author Share Posted November 16, 2019 Well my gramps took one look and said it’s a stag beetle larvae. Took a quick look on google and it looks the same to me. We do get a lot of stag beetles our way. I never thought stag beetles started out like that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebkau Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Nope its definitely a cockchafer larva Also known as a May bug as you generally only see them in May. They live for up to 5 years underground before coming to the surface if you've dug that one up it would have matured next May. And I have no idea why I know crap like that! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pebkau Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 What they look like when grown Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joely P Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 Why on earth would they call it a cockchafer? [emoji28] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndrewG Posted November 16, 2019 Share Posted November 16, 2019 1 hour ago, Joely P said: Why on earth would they call it a cockchafer? There's the rub - who knows. Quote She's so fine, there's no tellin' where the money went - Simply irresistible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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