Adoption Day! Giant Larvaes of Rhinoceros Beetles in The Food Forest. Nordic Permaculture

We have just had a pile of wood chips delivered for the pathways in the food forest - and it is full of lovely, lovely larvaes of Oryctes nasicornis - Rhinoceros Beetles. I love these flying giants!

[@isabeedemski3635]

Very cool

[@Lisel]

Det er jo vildt, hvor stor den er ❤ wauw!!!

[@gaeangardensbyizabela]

Aww, the baby is so cute! They remind me of june bug beetles larvas that are in my garden, so sleepy

[@inspiratoriet96]

Hi Izabela :) Yes, they are the same family - I think they are amazing...as you can tell :) :)

[@MartinaSchoppe]

Wow. I found one of those (or at least a close relative) when I planted some Dahlias in a woodchipped bed this year, so it probaby came with the wood chips, too. But I have seen smaller ones (Maybe maybugs) in my compost piles, too.

[@inspiratoriet96]

Hi Martina :) Yes the larvae of those kinds of beetles all look the same but varies in size - I also have a few maybugs in the garden but mostly the lovely green cetonia aurata. I hope all is well in your garden!

[@MartinaSchoppe]

@@inspiratoriet96 oh, those are "Goldglänzende Rosenkäfer" in German - And YAY, I have them, too. mostly on the mints... they must not have read their description lol

[@WPHWw-km1tk]

It is time to start sowinng some anual seeds, and perhaps also some perennial seeds too.
I saw some beautiful "svartrot" if the supermarket and wonder if i can just plant them in the grund?
I rember you said their young shoots are very delicious.
There has been diappointmwnt every spring. First some animal mice/rat/"sork‘’ will eat up my young seedlings, then here come the snails. Then the moles will mess up my tomatoes in the green house. Finally, We realize we have tick infection!

[@inspiratoriet96]

Yes, you can 😁 I have started mine like that and now they self seed willingly

[@inspiratoriet96]

I hope starting out with stronger plants will get you over the start up problems !