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Giant larvae

Fig beetle grub..
I've raised many. .
I'll take Em. .lol
Nice bright green June big looking belle when mature. . they tend to collect in waste piles, where they feed on rotting hard wood, and hard wood leaves. .
Nice find actually
Andy
June bug looking beetle... dang corrective text on my phone. .!!
 
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Kill them. Can't be good for the plants.
 
Personally, I'd not worry about what they are yet and just get some BT product(s). If they still show up in a week or so, worry about it then. If not, good riddance...
 
I'll 2nd the cicada larvae guess. It lools identical to the countless ones i dig up in our yard every year or so & my local birds LOVE them.
 
100% sure they are not cicada "larvae". Cicadas undergo "incomplete" metamorphosis so their immature stages are more often referred to as "nymphs" and they more or less look like the adults without wings (and different color in this case). To add to the confusion, any immature insect technically can be called a "larvae". They are indeed beetle larvae from the family Scarabaeidae, but you can't really tell which species based on pictures (or even right in front of you for that matter). You can rule out Japanese Beetle though, too big to be them, even though they are in that family. There are many beetles in that family, especially in Texas. Most of them are NOT pests, and are of no concern, mostly feeding on decaying organic material in the soil or in dead trees. Pretty much all of the larvae (or "grubs") in this family look VERY similar no matter which species....so ID can be real tough!
 
Definately grubworms and they will turn into a beetle, if not the same that Daddler was referring to.  My front porch is always loaded with them in summer nights, attracted to the porch light. I do not believe they will hurt your plants.  I'm no fan of PD's image posts, but I think he was exactly right.
 
Grubworms are extremely common, it is surprising that you have not come accross them before.
 
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