just laid a turf lawn and found a few larvae (larvi ?), looked like small maggots, in it's soil should I be worried about them damaging the lawn and is there anything I can put on a newly laid lawn to kill them, and any other nasties, off ?
thanks Les
There are probably thousands of utterly benign things that may leave 'maggots' in the soil. Unless you start to have problems, I'd ignore them totally.
They're probably leatherjackets, the larvae of crane-flies (daddy long-legs). They eat the grass roots, leaving bare patches in the lawn. Try a Google search for a remedy.
thanks Aidan, that looks like the wee beastie...
Les
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