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  2. Costelytra giveni - Wikipedia

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    Costelytra giveni is endemic to and found throughout New Zealand. There are, however, similar species found in other countries like Acrossidius tasmaniae, the Tasmanian grass grub found in Tasmania, Australia. Grass grubs prefer altitudes below 1200m, with favored soil types being free-draining loam soils, but they are also found in peaty or ...

  3. Grubbing - Wikipedia

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    Grubbed road with first layer of aggregate being applied. Grubbing or clearing is the removal of trees, shrubs, stumps and rubbish from a site. This is often at the site where a transportation or utility corridor, a road or power line, an edifice or a garden is to be constructed.

  4. Cockchafer - Wikipedia

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    The larvae, known as "chafer grubs" or "white grubs", hatch four to six weeks after being laid as eggs. They feed on plant roots, for instance potato roots. The grubs develop in the earth for three to four years, in colder climates even five years, and grow continually to a size of about 4–5 cm, before they pupate in early autumn and develop ...

  5. Holotrichia - Wikipedia

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    Holotrichia is a genus of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae, which are well known as "chafer beetles" or "white-grubs" for their white larvae that are found under the soil where they feed on the roots of plants.

  6. ‘Spectacular’ ancient burials — with 5,000-year-old chariot ...

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    The ancient burial site was found near Magdeburg, a city about 100 miles west of Berlin. Excavations at the site are ongoing and scheduled to end in April, officials said.

  7. Witchetty grub - Wikipedia

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    The Arabana term for the grub is mako witjuti (with emphasis on initial syllables); mako means grub, and witjuti refers to the shrub, not the grub itself. [4] Similarly, Ngalea peoples called the insect "mako wardaruka", meaning grubs of the wardaruka (Acacia ligulata) shrub. [5] The Pitjantjatjara name is "maku". [6]

  8. Grub - Wikipedia

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    Grub is either another word for the larva of the beetle superfamily Scarabaeoidea or a slang term for food. It can also refer to: It can also refer to: Places

  9. Loess - Wikipedia

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    Loess in Vicksburg, Mississippi, United States. A loess (US: / ˈ l ɛ s, ˈ l ʌ s, ˈ l oʊ. ə s /, UK: / ˈ l oʊ. ə s, ˈ l ɜː s /; from German: Löss) is a clastic, predominantly silt-sized sediment that is formed by the accumulation of wind-blown dust. [1]