Browse Forums Landscape & Garden Design 1 Jun 08, 2021 9:55 am I have something living in my lawn. They have been for months. I know because they have a favourite spot where they leave their poop. The poop is tiny black coils topped with a dollop of white. Other symptoms include a browning off of the lawn in spots. Lawn grubs, right? I have not seen any grubs even after poking around in the soil of their poop spot - both day and night. There has been no unusual bird activity. I live in a cool zone in a seaside town on the Mornington Peninsula in Australia. Here’s what I have tried so far. I took pics to Bunnings who suggested 1) Richgro Killa. I used a whole small and large container to no effect. 2) Yates Baythroid to no effect. 3) Contact Yates. Yates suggested snail bait. No effect. Then suggested placing a damp towel over an area adjacent to poop spot area overnight and next morning, the pest should be hiding on underside of towel. Nope. BUT, see pic, the poop was on TOP of the towel. There were 2 towels so they couldn’t of come up through the weave. I have no idea how the poop got on top of the towel!! Tried for a few nights. Same result each time. Yates said it was a mystery, that they didn’t think it was grub behaviour and suggested I contact an entomologist at a local museum who might know about the droppings. (?!?!?!). I have also tried watering in environmentally friendly dishwash liquid in water (a few drops) by itself and in combination with some of the other things I’ve tried. Including under the towel. Help? Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ I work with owner, he/she is my man on the ground and I instruct them when to visit the site and take photos and I have other tools in the bag. 4 15011 Hi Everyone I learned something this week that I thought would be worth sharing. In NSW a lot of developers of subdivisions put covenants on the land which normally… 0 6494 the leaves that are now underground go yellow, the tips that poke through photosynthesise and have chlorophyll, same reason they grow rhubarb in the dark. 5 4813 |