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Please visit the FAQ SHEET for common questions about Milky Spore. Produced to USDA standards, MILKY SPORE is the safest material ever developed for control over the larvae (grubs) of Japanese Beetles. St. Gabriel Laboratories' Milky Spore is a naturally occurring host specific bacterium (Bacillus popillae-Dutky). This product is lethal to a familiar destructive summer-time pest. It targets and discriminately works to attack the white grubs of Japanese Beetles.
Turf inoculation treatments / applications with MILKY SPORE puts in place an on-guard protective blanket on your lawn.
Milky Spore is not harmful to beneficial insects, birds, bees, pets or man. The product is approved and registered with EPA, Milky Spore will not affect wells, ponds or streams. The ideal way to combat area infestation is through organized community efforts. Large areas treated with Milky Spore can result in long term control.
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The
adult beetle feeds on fruits, flowers, shrubs, garden plants and the
foliage of some field crops. At the immature beetle stage, the grub
enjoys feeding on the roots of grass and other vegetation to include
stems of plants.
Considered
the weakest link in the chain and the most vulnerable point to
introduce an infection, resident spores in treated turf are
swallowed by grubs during their normal pattern of feeding; this
starts the demise of healthy grubs. Milky Spore disease then begins
to cripple the grub, and within the next 7-21 days will eventually
die. As the grub decomposes, it releases billions of new spores.