grubs in English

noun
1
the larva of an insect, especially a beetle.
Dwarf mongooses mainly feed on insects like termites, locusts, beetles, grubs , larvae and spiders.
2
food.
a popular bar serving excellent grub
verb
1
dig or poke superficially at the earth; dig shallowly in soil.
the damage done to pastures by badgers grubbing for worms
2
search for something in a clumsy and unmethodical manner; rummage.
I began grubbing about in the wastepaper basket to find the envelope

Use "grubs" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "grubs" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "grubs", or refer to the context using the word "grubs" in the English Dictionary.

1. And dig for grubs

2. The chicks/caterpillars/grubs have hatched.

3. Sometimes men have eaten worms and grubs and roots.

4. The birds come searching for juicy worms and grubs.

5. Antonyms for Blastulae include larvae, grubs, maggots, nymphs, bugs, naiades and creepy-crawlies

6. Adult leaf Chafers (Macrodactylus) eat foliage, whereas grubs feed underground on plant roots.

7. No one else grubs up the moss so wantonly as Tommy Brock.

8. Billbugs and white grubs are insects that damage turf grasses by feeding on the roots

9. Masked Chafers are beetles that have larvae, called white grubs, which can attack managed turf

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11. 18 Beetle grubs may spend seven years boring through wood and extracting nutriment from that most indigestible of materials, cellulose.

12. Whilst bandicoot diggings can be unsightly Bandicoots are often helping the home gardener control grubs and garden pests

13. The Chough's bill may be used to pick insects off the surface, or to dig for grubs and other invertebrates

14. That is why some people adore eating spiders and grubs, whilst others would throw up if fed a pork chop.

15. And they mooch free meals in part by waggling their heads to beg for food like all the other ant grubs.

16. Baboons Baboons are largely ground-dwelling animals who have a varied diet that includes fruit, roots, and grubs and other insects

17. Like symbiotic grubs they lay twisted together in a ball, until Mangar-Kunjer-Kunja appeared in the guise of a lizard.

18. Anomala - genus of beetles whose grubs feed mainly on roots of plants; includes several pests of cultivated grasses genus Anomala arthropod genus -

19. Leaf miner grubs are usually found at the end of their meandering tunnels in leaves and can be squeezed between your thumbnails.

20. Help the hungry Batling find grubs to eat is a level 80 event that takes place in the Ogre Camp.

21. Beetle grubs may spend seven years boring through wood and extracting nutriment from that most indigestible of materials(Sentencedict.com), cellulose.

22. The mite is just visible to the naked eye and feeds on honey bees and their grubs by sucking their body fluids.

23. 28 Leaf miner grubs are usually found at the end of their meandering tunnels in leaves and can be squeezed between your thumbnails.

24. But they forgot this: the fact that birds dine on grubs, that robins eat lots of worms now saturated with DDT.

25. Armadillos are attracted to food underground - grubs and insects living up to 7 inches below the surface - which makes completely removing attractants nearly impossible

26. Elucidate the Bioecology of chinch bugs, white grubs, plus other selected insects of turfgrass and related plant systems, and measure their impact on host plants

27. Anomala definition is - a genus of beetles (family Scarabaeidae) having grubs that feed mainly on the roots of plants and including several pests of cultivated grasses.

28. Together with other members of our family group, we scurry to and fro, providing a steady supply of worms, grubs, and other delicacies to the ‘mother in waiting.’

29. Bioecology and sustainable management of white grubs (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae) pest of corn in "El Cielo" Biosphere Reserve, Tamaulipas, Mexico, pp 173-184 In Moron MA, Aragon A

30. It has also been noted that while adults may prefer to feed on clover and alfalfa, grubs do not thrive well or rarely feed on white, red, or alsike clover, buckwheat, alfalfa, oats, barley, common rye and orchard grass.