Lawn Pest Control

Grubs

Grubs eat the roots of plants and grasses.

Their damage is usually mistaken for drought stress as turf appears off color, a grayish-green, and wilts rapidly in hotter weather.

Continued feeding from the grubs will cause the turf to die in large, irregular patches.

The tunneling of the larvae causes the turf to feel spongy under your feet.

Chinch Bugs

Chinch Bug damage is usually first detected when irregular patches of turf begin to turn yellow, then straw colored, indicating that the grass plant is completely dead. These patches continue to become larger and never turn green again even if you consistently water.

While the Chinch Bugs are feeding, they block the receipt of water and food to the plant, resulting in turf death. Damage generally occurs during the hotter, dryer weather from June into the month of September.

Sod Webworms

Sod Webworms feed on sod while it is actively growing. Sod Webworm larvae spend the winter as a partially grown larva buried several inches deep in the soil. At the approach of warm weather in the spring, the larvae move upward towards the surface and begin feeding on the lush spring growth of grass.

Damage appears as small brown patches about the size of a quarter to three inches in diameter. As the webworms continue to feed, grass has a scalped appearance with prominent dead patches present.