{"id":10807,"date":"2012-01-04T20:35:59","date_gmt":"2012-01-05T04:35:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10807"},"modified":"2012-01-04T20:35:59","modified_gmt":"2012-01-05T04:35:59","slug":"cockchafer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/04\/cockchafer\/","title":{"rendered":"Cockchafer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did me some weed-pullin&#8217; today and came across this little critter (and two more just like it) curled up in the dirt under a pot that was sittin&#8217; on the lawn. I&#8217;m bettin&#8217; that this is what the skunks and opossums come diggin&#8217; for at night. It&#8217;s officially known as a White Curl Grub, Scarab Beetle Larva or Lawn Beetle Larva, but it&#8217;s also known as a Cockchafer. Would love to hear the story behind that moniker. Or maybe not.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[10807]\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10808\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/04\/cockchafer\/white-curl-grub-01-04-12-lo-res\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=720%2C480&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"720,480\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D70&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1325676750&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.04&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"White Curl Grub 01-04-12 lo-res\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg?fit=570%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10808\" title=\"White Curl Grub 01-04-12 lo-res\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/White-Curl-Grub-01-04-12-lo-res.jpg?w=720&amp;ssl=1 720w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did me some weed-pullin&#8217; today and came across this little critter (and two more just like it) curled up in the dirt under a pot that was sittin&#8217; on the lawn. I&#8217;m bettin&#8217; that this is what the skunks and opossums come diggin&#8217; for at night. It&#8217;s officially known as a White Curl Grub, Scarab &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/01\/04\/cockchafer\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2Oj","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":311,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/08\/monarch-larva-into-chrysalis\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":0},"title":"Monarch Larva Transforming Into Chrysalis","date":"June 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"This morning I spent two hours patiently taking pictures of a hanging yellow and black Monarch larva transform into a shiny green chrysalis.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13095,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2012\/06\/15\/fall-webworm-larva-hyphantria-cunea\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":1},"title":"Fall Webworm Larva (Hyphantria Cunea)","date":"June 15, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As I was doing my daily watering while house-sitting at Heather's house, I came across this Fall webworm larva (Hyphantria cunea) casually munching away on a large zucchini leaf. Since it is neither my plant, nor my problem (and partly because its such a cool looking insect), I left the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Caterpillar-06-15-12-lo-res-300x200.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":7551,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/07\/09\/larva-lie\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":2},"title":"Larval Life","date":"July 9, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Spent a long time in the backyard today watching and helping this colorful Monarch larva (caterpillar) as it wandered around searching for an appropriate place to pupate.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/07\/Monarch-Larvae01-07-09-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":333,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/06\/10\/roses-and-larvae\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":3},"title":"Roses and Larvae","date":"June 10, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Worked on photos I took of my mom's roses and of some tiny, freshly-hatched Monarch Butterfly larvae that I had to transport from a plumeria plant to a milkweed.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/06\/Monarch-Larva-Baby02-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/07\/08\/giant-beetle\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":4},"title":"Giant Beetle!","date":"July 8, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"I have never seen such a giant beetle outside of a museum collection or zoo. \u00a0My mom found it in one of the flower pots in the backyard. \u00a0It seemed like it was very old and possibly dying. I transferred it to a larger pot and took some pictures. It\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Beetle01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":1293,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/08\/18\/another-giant-beetle\/","url_meta":{"origin":10807,"position":5},"title":"California Root Borer Beetle","date":"August 18, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Found another giant beetle (dead) in our neighbor's backyard and after cleaning all the ants off of it brought it back home to photograph. It's a male California Root Borer or California Prionus.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Fauna&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Beetle01-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10807"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10807"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10807\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10810,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10807\/revisions\/10810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}