The June Bug Grubs aren't in my compost either, but they love the Christmas tree mulch I put down everyyear in my walkways. I put plastic down then cover deeply with the mulch and the grubs go down to the plastic and in the winter when I pull up the plastic and till the mulch in there are dozens of the grubs in it. They don't seem to destroy the root crops, but if it is them, they chew small indentations in the side of turnips, carrots, daikons, sweetpotatoes, and the like. The hole is about 1/4 in deep and smaller than a dime, and usually only one on a root. I haven't seen any ground beetle here, and I haven't seen a slug since I left Oklahoma 40 years ago. There are however prarie dogs, lizards, horney toads, and Colorado River Toads and an occasional Gila Monster. Oh! Yeah! and the horrible Javalina herd that dug a 60ft row of sweetpotatoes last year in one night. 8)
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