Story: Beetles
These patches of dead grass on Māngere Island – one of the Chatham Islands – have been damaged by grass grubs. The C-shaped larvae of grass grub beetles live in the soil and kill grass and other plants by eating their roots.
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Department of Conservation
Reference: 10050498
Photograph by Don Merton
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