Topic: white insects eating potatoes!

[barkingdog]

Hi,

I've just started to dig my spuds and have found tiny (1cm) long white insects which appear to be feeding on the tubers. They had lots of legs along their body and tiny antennae. I can best describe them as looking like baby centipedes! Do you think that's what they are or is it something more sinister?

barkingdog

[davyw1]

Sounds like Wire Worm

[manicscousers]

what's the black wormy things then ?  ???

[davyw1]

The only Black one i can think of Manics is a Millipede

[manicscousers]

thanks, davy, I keep finding them in holes made by slugs, them and wood lice  :( :)

[mc55]

I've got holes in my rockets, with little white grubs in them .... samething ?

[barkingdog]

mine are more like insects than grubs. I'm really not sure what they are as wireworms are yellow/brown I thought?

[davyw1]

Then have a look for images of White Grub.