The wind and the lack of rain has kept brown patch in check for the most part; however, powdery mildew, localized dry spots where irrigation is not reaching, and roaches that would normally be happy ...

The chinch bug is a nasty rascal. Only about the size of fine ground pepper it is almost impossible to see and the damage it causes can be confused between fungi, dry areas, and just dead areas.

Heat, disease, and simple lack of water aren’t the only reasons a lawn might brown in summer. Often overlooked is the damage caused by a pair of small grass-eating bugs that are active in summer – sod ...

Mole crickets, chinch bugs and spittlebugs are a few insects to watch for in North Florida Lawns. Even though mole crickets may injure any of the lawn grasses we grow in Florida, bermuda, bahia and ...

The heat is on. And the rain isn’t. I got a call the other day asking if I had been seeing any chinch bugs around town and I had to admit that I really hadn’t, but I was expecting them very soon. When ...

Many of us pride ourselves on maintaining a lush, full lawn. And many may shudder at the mention of chinch bugs. The southern chinch bug can be a rapidly progressing, problematic pest throughout our ...

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – Neighbors in the Northeast Heights are dealing with a big problem caused by a little bug. These bugs are more of a nuisance than anything else, but when they cover your home, ...

As summer temperatures begin to skyrocket, plants in SaddleBrooke begin to house two typical nuisance insects: boxelder bugs and chinch bugs. Boxelder bugs are a species of "true bugs" (order ...

Similar to 2023, there appears to be a potential for high chinch bug infestation into seedling sorghum in areas of south central Kansas. Growers are reporting high numbers of chinch bugs in harvested ...

Crane flies are so last month. False chinch bugs are the latest insect craze to land in Tucson. An explosion of the harmless, weed-loving bugs is now underway across Southern Arizona. And University ...