Grass grub
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Costelytra zealandica (White)
Order: Coleoptera
Family: Scarabaeidae
Size range
- About 20 mm in length
Distribution
- Throughout New Zealand
Life History
- Characteristic "C" shape
- These larvae can damage roots of pasture grasses