Leather Jackets in lawns!

[kd2729]

Can someone please tell me if there is a chemical to kill leather jackets in lawns. I have asked numerous garden centres but have been told that all products have been withdrawn from the market.

[Cetti]

Pretty annoying when this happens - I found something in a gardening book called 'Slug Gard' ( yes, that is the right spelling in this case). It says "based on methiocarb, is an alternative to metaldehyde and research has shown that a light sprinkling raked into the soil surface will control woodlice, millepedes and leatherjackets". I'm presuming that this product is also still around - do you still have the grubs now - I thought they would have all turned into Daddy Long Legs at this time of year? Any way I do hope you find something to rid you of these pests!

[sddsddean]

We have had a hatch of leatherjackets over the last week or so, so most are now daddy long legses. However, I try to get rid of them by putting some bread out on the lawn. The local marauding squadron of about 70 starlings invades the lawn and have a good poke around when the bread has run out! They get loads, aerate the lawn as well, but there still seem to be some left.