June bug larva.

They're icky and destructive to plant roots. I feed them to the lizards, when I find them.

https://www.bobvila.com/articles/how-to-get-rid-of-june-bugs/

Beetle larvae are commonly known as "grubs".

Adult common names include June bug, May beetle, and June beetle.

It's worth noting that it is only the Scarab family of beetles that begin their lives as those distinctive grubs.....and there are many species that belong to that family of beetles.

I first considered the Green Fruit Beetle grub when I viewed the images. We don't know the size of the critter in the pictures.

Found a couple

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in a former life.. i was a lawn warrior ... grubs could destroy large swaths of lawn ... WHEN THE POPULATION GOT OUT OF CONTROL ...

you would go rake out and a square foot of the dead lawn .. and you would count how many you found.. though by this time.. you knew there were lots of them ... anyway.. you would find a dozen or two per square foot ... that is why the lawn died.. i mean really.. grass is the most invasive weed on the face of the earth ... growing anywhere .. lol ...

at that point.. there were .. and i presume still are ... lawn chems that you could apply to your lawn to fix that problem ...

if you find a couple.. in an entire garden bed.. it really is... ugly and ikky as they are ... NOT A PROBLEM that need be fixed ....

IPM .. integrated pest management requires that there be a problem .. that needs to be fixed.. before you go all nuclear war on getting rid of every bug in your yard ...

i suggest you try to accept mother natures wonder.. and just enjoy the process ... which includes ikky bugs ... and move on ...

i also used to carry them to the cement ... and just leave them there for the birds .... even if they didnt find them the sun would kill them .. its not like they have legs to go anywhere else ... lol ... but i dont ever recall them being there a few minutes later ...

ken