What are these grubs on my juniper?
Posted: April 17th, 2021, 10:28 pm
Earlier today I trimmed an advanced Nepal juniper and found about 50 grubs in cocoons about 3-4 cm long and a little thicker than a match. The cocoons had some web-like material in their structure but some of them had used a rolled up leaf too. There was no apparent damage to the juniper but the cocoons had added to the tightness of the over-grown foliage (it had not been trimmed for a couple of growing seasons until today) partly because they were a bit sticky and held branchlets together. I have never seen anything like this before. Can anyone identify them from the enclosed photos? The grubs are about 2cm long and the thickness of a match.
I am in Canberra
I am in Canberra