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Root weevil larvae and pupa.

Wireworms.

Masked chafer lawn grubs.

Many beetles, including grubs and most weevils, are root feeders in their larval stages.

Landscape plant root feeders

• Black vine weevil
• Diaprepes
• Weevils

Lawn root feeders

• Billbugs
• Black turfgrass ataenius
• Dichondra flea beetle
• Masked chafer (white grub)

Wireworms

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