Pests In Your Lawn
Overall, maintaining a healthy lawn through proper cultural practices like mowing, watering, fertilizing, and soil management can help prevent and mitigate pest problems. Go Green Pest Control can help you with an effective control for:
- Black Turfgrass Ataenius (Ataenius spretulus):
- Larvae feed on grasses, causing yellowing and patches of dying grass.
- Control by maintaining healthy turf and considering pesticide application if larvae are abundant.
- Chinch Bug (Blissus sp.):
- Uncommon in some regions, they can damage grass under drought stress.
- Healthy, well-irrigated turf is less susceptible.
- Grass with endophytic fungi is more tolerant.
- Cutworms (Actebia fennica, Peridroma saucia, Noctua pronuba):
- Thick-bodied caterpillars that feed on grass stems.
- Damage is rare but may occur, especially with the European cutworm.
- Control warranted if populations are high, typically with insecticides.
- European Chafer (Rhizotrogus majalis):
- Serious pest, damaging turf in late summer and early spring.
- Control with nematodes or limited synthetic pesticides, preferably by professional lawn care companies.
- June Beetles (Phyllophaga and Polyphylla spp.):
- Occasionally infest turf but rarely cause significant damage.
- Japanese Beetle (Popillia japonica):
- Serious pest of turf and other crops, eradication measures may be necessary if detected.
- Lawn Moths (Sod Webworm):
- Larvae feed on grass blades, causing irregular brown patches.
- Control usually not necessary unless severe damage is observed, can use insect parasitic nematodes if needed.
- Leatherjackets (Crane Fly) (Tipula palludosa, Tipula oleracea):
- Larvae feed on grass roots, causing irregular brown patches.
- Treatment with insecticides may be warranted if populations are high.
