Grubworm


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Grub´worm


n.1.(Zool.) See Grub, n., 1.
And gnats and grubworms crowded on his view.
- C. Smart.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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Even poor old Mumga, half blind and almost entirely toothless, searching patiently for grubworms beneath a fallen log, represented to her a malignant spirit thirsting for the blood of little balus.
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Grubworms come to the surface of the lawn when the temperatures begin to reach past 70 degrees.
Poor Will's Countryside Almanack for early & middle Spring 2014
The larvae (grubworms) are usually found in the top 15 cm of soil, where they are frequently detrimental, feeding on the roots of lawn grasses and crops, such as corn and soy (Whitaker, 1995; Glogoza et al., 1998).
Analysis of DNA from feces to identify prey of big brown bats (Eptesicus fuscus) caught in apple orchards
Earthworms are usually the most heavily eaten food of eastern moles, Scalopus aquaticus, and scarabaeid larvae (grubworms), are also often very important.
The eastern mole generally feeds heavily on earthworms and scarabaeid larvae, commonly called grubworms (1), (2), (3), (4), (5).
Eastern moles from Cumberland Island fed most heavily on the following 7 foods, by volume: earthworms (29.6% volume), scarabaeid larvae (grubworms, 26.3), other beetle larvae (11.3), ants (including eggs and pupae; 9.4), beetle adults (5.6), orthopterans (4.4), and centipedes (4.1).
Foods of the eastern mole, Scalopus aquaticus, on Cumberland Island, Georgia
The adults may defoliate trees, whereas their larvae (grubworms) feed on the roots of grasses and other plants.
Food of the big brown bat Eptesicus fuscus from maternity colonies in Indiana and Illinois
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