a larvae that will benefit the roots

==>>> never heard of that... its either benign ... or harmful .. but never beneficial .... unless i am told else wise ...

whats else could it be eating in the pot.. besides roots???

i give you credit for asking.. it would have been bird food in my garden.. faster than i could have taken a pic.. lol ...

ken

I had a breakout of aphids not so long ago (this why is was saved) but I was looking at ladybug larvae and it looks nothing like it and I never had aphids on this particular plant only on my mints

That looks like a nice, fat cutworm....look up in Google Images to compare. They are often found at the base of plants. They do make excellent bird food!

By the way, that's a caterpillar.....the larva of butterflies or moths (a homely tan moth, in this case) . There are just a few caterpillar species in all the world that aren't plant eaters. Some are just more of a problem than others.

nice one do they come in packs?

Good question! Cutworms can be pretty common in some areas....a real pest. Yours is one of the solitary species, and won't be found in big gangs.

Nice one I will say thanks a million

Is there anything I can do to get rid them besides pick them out they maybe in my lawn as I have repotted a rosemary and there was on there maybe half the size of this one

you can try nematodes if you did not want to go to bug sprays but a ground style bug killer will work. the only thing with the pesticides is they don't just kill the bad guys. eartheasy.com is a great place to get natural bug control items. also a kitchen Dixie cup with the bottom cut out and placed around the stem of the plant at ground level will help to keep the cut worms away from your plants