Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Close up of a chinch bug on the stem of a plant - Torque Foysal/Shutterstock Chinch bugs are a gardener's worst nightmare, with ...

There have been calls again this year concerning chinch bugs coming out of wheat fields and moving into adjacent milo fields. The overwintered adults emerge in early spring and fly into small grains ...

Chinch bugs are back, and they are early. They are primarily a pest of St. Augustine lawns. Chinch bugs have a piecing/sucking mouthpart which allows them to feed into the base of a turf blade. Their ...

June has started with the onset of extremely high temperatures that are favored by Southern chinch bugs, the most difficult-to-control and damaging insect pest on St. Augustine grass in Florida. Start ...

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 ...

Dog days are here, and we tend to retreat to our air- conditioned environment, thus ignoring yard work. Don't forget to venture out to inspect lawns, because many lawn pests don't take a hiatus ...

June has started with the onset of the extremely high temperatures that are favored by Southern chinch bugs, the most difficult-to-control and damaging insect pest on St. Augustine grass in Florida.

Dear Neil: I have areas of my lawn that have looked like this (see photo) since spring. Thinking it was take all root rot I spread sphagnum peat moss across it, but without effect. I’ve tried a ...

Q: I have a chinch bug problem in my St. Augustine lawn. My lawn service company says they are treating it, but it either is not working or the treatment isn't working fast enough because I am losing ...

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 ...

Thank goodness the summer rainy season has kicked in; the spring drought was starting to wear on our landscapes. While summertime is great for our grass as evidenced by us having to mow at least once ...