Leatherjackets: Least-Toxic Control

(larval stage of the daddy long legs/cranefly)

Biological controls

q       Encourage birds in your garden. Starlings, thrushes, rooks and blackbirds all eat leatherjackets.

q       Nematodes (Steinernema feltiae – are parasitic worms which only attack leather jackets)

available from
- Green Gardener
- Scarletts Plant Care
- Greenworm
- Just Green
- Defenders Ltd
- Chase Organics Ltd.