Lawn Insects
Do these look familiar to you? Click on any item below to learn more about these common lawn Insects and what you can do to about them.
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Not all Bugs are bad, in fact, most are actually beneficial. There are a few however that will damage grass, and the billbug is one. Don’t be alarmed though just because you see bugs, that’s a good sign! Billbugs lay eggs inside the grass plant. The eggs turn into a larvae that tunnels down through the grass and eats it as it goes, causing the grass blade to turn brown.
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Chinch bugs are difficult to recognize in the grass because they change their appearance so often. They also have predators that control their populations naturally that look almost identical to them!
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Grubs are the larval stage of a beetle. Japanese Beetles are the most recognizable but not the most damaging grubs. Masked Chafer, and European Chafer Grubs also cause damage. Grubs start off as Eggs in your soil in the late summer.
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The Japanese beetle is one of the most devastating pests of urban landscape plants in the eastern United States...
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We noticed a little bit of mole damage in your lawn. Moles don’t really do much actual harm, so if they don’t bother you, don’t worry about it. It is good though if you can smooth out any piles they make and plant some grass seed in the dirt spot to keep weeds from germinating.
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The viburnum leaf beetle, a native of Europe, was first found in North America in 1947 in the Niagara Peninsula of Ontario, Canada...
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