Dear Editor,
We first noticed it in the fall; crows and nocturnal creatures picking and clawing at a patch of grass in our front yard.
A very specific patch of grass, replaced by the city after a water main replacement.
Further observation of other lawns in our neighbourhood had the same problem. It was chafer beetle damage on lawns, but only where the city had done work and replaced the grass. After a few calls to the city, someone finally came to look at the damage.
They told us the problem was the European chafer beetle (which we already knew), and that it was just a coincidence that it was on the only piece of lawn the city had replaced.
They refuse to take responsibility for the issue. Is there anything anyone can do to help?
Rose Rutsch
Richmond
