Saving your lawn from Leatherjackets by John the Green Gardener
Leatherjackets are the larval stage of daddy-long legs or crane flies and have become a major pest of lawns in recent years. This may be the result of warmer winters
16 March 2022
Customer Question – Huge numbers of Leatherjackets HELP!
Q. “We brought some turf that has been replaced 3 times now and when we dug up a 2ft area it was infested with thousands of leather jackets – see
4 October 2021
Customer Question – Can you identify a pest?
Q. Help ! Please identify and diagnose treatment for the grubs I’ve found under my lawn? I have attached a picture of what I have found. A. Thanks for the
10 May 2021
Customer Question – Applying Leatherjacket Killer
Q. “When do I need to apply nematodes , is it just if I see daddy long legs? Or can it wait until spring, Thanks” from Lee via the website.
20 January 2021
Customer Question – When to treat Leatherjackets?
Q. “Hi, I have a leatherjacket problem on my lawn that I need to sort so looking for advice what to get, how/when to apply etc. Rear lawn is about
8 October 2020
Customer Question – What is attacking our lawn?
Q. “Hi, We believe we had a leatherjacket infestation last autumn which was highlighted by the damage the local magpies then inflicted – see pictures below. We treated with nematodes
3 November 2019
Customer Question – Can we identify this bug?
Q. “We found a colony of bugs as shown in the picture: they were lurking under the turf of our lawn. There are large yellowish area of grass, and there
2 May 2019
