And it’s this little bugger except he ain’t so little.This is the larvae of Melolontha, more commonly known as Cockchaffer and he is crawling along the rows having a munch on roots and stems of sunflower seedlings before continuing on his destructive way.
We are set to lose about 50% of crop in one 70 hectare field to these chaps and there’s not a lot I can do about it.
They used to eat the adults in 19th century France, remove the legs and wings and sizzle in butter apparently.
