White grubs are considered to be an occasional pest of vegetable crops. There is not much in the way of chemical controls currently available for the control of white grubs in a home vegetable garden. Attacks on vegetables are more likely to occur when the vegetable garden plot is an area that previously held grass. Turning the soil, a normal part of soil preparation for a vegetable garden anyway, exposes many of the grubs and allows birds to find and eat them. This predation can lower the populations significantly.