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How to get rid of leatherjackets to improve the look and health of your lawn this spring

Planters growing crops on lawn.

If you're here then chances are, you're trying to figure out how to get rid of leatherjackets. No, not the clothing item (although we understand the confusion) but rather those pesky critters that often run rampant in new-build gardens, in particular, causing damage to lawns.

If you've been hard at work to get your lawn ideas looking up to scratch for spring, there's one thing that'll throw a spanner in the works: a leatherjacket infestation. It's tricky enough to revive a lawn after winter and stay on the ball of maintaining a lawn during spring – but even harder work if you keep encountering mysterious yellow, thin, and bare patches of grass throughout your lawn.

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