![]() If you’ve been leaving your clippings or if you note a lot of loose thatch throughout your yard, get it cleaned up. Anyone that leaves grass clippings to mulch back as fertilizer is creating a haven for many insects including armyworms. During the day the larvae will hide amongst the thatch or in self made tunnels just below the soils surface. They’ll create or weave webs across your turf in small areas which are easiest to see if viewed in early morning when the dew is still wet. When conditions are right, there can be huge migrations of this pest across the southeast and up toward the Canadian border.Īrmyworms damage grass and other plants by eating it’s crown or grass blades. Females can lay hundreds of eggs so a yard can go from none to a lot seemingly overnight. Starting in the south, larvae feed, pupate and emerge as a moth that tends to fly north where it will mate, lay eggs and start the cycle all over again. Related articles: CUTWORMS GRUBS LAWN MOTHS SPITTLEBUGSĭistributed throughout the United States and found in most any state, armyworms release 2-3 waves of larvae per season. They also eat plants, flowers and basically anything green and low lying in the yard. Augustine, bermuda, ryegrass and bluegrass, they’ll readily attack most any fescue or bent grass turf when foraging. ![]() TREE BORERS – HOW TO IDENTIFY THEIR DAMAGEĪrmy worms appear throughout the summer months and can damage most any southern turfgrass.SOLAR POWERED GROUND STAKE REPELLER REBOOT.POLES, SNAKE TONGS, GRABBERS AND OTHER MISC.INSECTICIDES: SCALP (FOR USE ON PEOPLE).INSECTICIDES: BACTERIA BASED (BACILLUS THURINGIENSIS).BAIT, GRANULE AND LIQUID STATIONS (EMPTY STATIONS).
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