The cockchafers hatch from mid-April and can cause double damage in the garden. If they get too comfortable in your garden, they can eat entire trees.
LUDWIGSHAFEN24 reveals how the beetles can still destroy the garden even after they die. The cockchafer larvae, the so-called grubs, hatch from this. And they then develop in the soil for up to four years and eat their fill. But it is not so easy to say whether 2024 will be a year for the May beetle. As NABU writes, there are different types of May beetles. And depending on the species and region, the cockchAFers hatch in different years. For example, these regions and federal states have had strong May beetle seasons in the last 3 years and could be spared in 2024: North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. The beetles can become a real pest and destroy the entire garden. And by the time they have hatched, in many cases, it is already too late for the plants.