Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua

Landcare-Research -Manaaki Whenua

Grass grub

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

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