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2. How to Kill Grubs: Local Gardening Expert Outlines Fight Plan

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   Ball suggests using St. Gabriel’s Milky Spore, a product that comes in a powder or granule form. She said the powder goes on with one application.

3. Milky spore - Wikipedia

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   Resident spores in the soil are swallowed by grubs during their normal pattern of feeding on roots. This ingestion of the spore by the host activates reproduction of the bacteria inside the grub. Within 7–21 days the grub will eventually die and as the grub decomposes, billions of new spores are released into the soil.

4. Colorful Bugs - Alive and Well! | Reston, VA Patch

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   Easy to dig up, smoosh, put in the trash, just about anything to get rid of them before they mature into chewing insects. Organically, you can spread Milky Spore powder to control the grubs.

5. Get Ahead of Grubs: Timing Your Insecticide Treatments - Patch

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   Learn how to get ahead of grubs with a common, safe insecticide that will prevent grubs from hatching.The best way to prevent grub damage to your lawn is to prevent the grubs, period. Phil...

6. Bacillus thuringiensis - Wikipedia

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   Spores and crystalline insecticidal proteins produced by B. thuringiensis have been used to control insect pests since the 1920s and are often applied as liquid sprays. They are now used as specific insecticides under trade names such as DiPel and Thuricide.

7. Japanese beetle - Wikipedia

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   During that stage, it is susceptible to a fatal disease called milky spore disease, caused by a bacterium called milky spore, Paenibacillus (formerly Bacillus) popilliae. The USDA developed this biological control, and it is commercially available in powder form for application to lawn areas.