CHINCH BUGS can kill St. Augustine grass in hot sunny areas of the lawn. Southern chinch bugs are common pests of St. Augustine grass and often cause significant damage during the hot summer months.

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 ...

Chinch bugs are back or did they ever go away? Let’s face it, some lawns are just chinch bug bait. And there always seems to be a feeding population present. This year after a mild winter, chinch bugs ...

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.

How hot is it? So hot that most of you have retreated to your air-conditioned home - hence ignoring yard work. But it would be wise to occasionally venture out to inspect lawns and ornamental plants ...

Question: We have done our best to control chinch bugs, but they still damage our lawn. Is there a better product than what is normally found at garden centers for these St. Augustine pests? Answer: ...

Haley Butler, a research entomologist at the peanut and small grains unit of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, recently discussed her five-year research plan to help ...

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 ...

It's always enjoyable to visit other areas of the country and compare landscaping and plants. Recently an unexpected quick trip led me to Texas, about 35 miles north of Dallas. I was surprised to see ...

A new neighborhood in the southwest says they're being invaded by thousands of chinch bugs. The homeowners moved into their brand new homes less than two months ago and the bugs started showing up ...