There is nothing more frustrating than your lawn getting ruined by lawn pests. There are several different pests that will thrive in your lawn if you let them. They can also cause a significant amount of damage if you aren’t careful. Detecting pests in your lawn is essential to ensuring your lawn stays healthy and green. The best way to get rid of lawn pests is being able to identify them easily. Earth Scape is here to talk about some of the most common lawn pests that you might see in your lawn and how to get rid of them.
Common Lawn Pests
It is important to know the pests that you’re up against in your lawn. Following are some of the most commonly seen pests in your lawn:
– Grub: One of the most commonly seen pests in lawns is grub worms. They lay their eggs in your soil and when those eggs hatch, they get to work at eating the roots of your lawn and leaving brown tracks throughout the lawn. Grub worm symptoms include wilted grass, brown patches or tracks, and spongy turf. If you have grass that has been damaged by grub, it will be able to be easily lifted up. Crows, skunks and other rodents feed on grub worms.
– Chinch Bugs: Another pest that is incredibly destructive to your grass is chinch bugs. They feed on grass and leave behind a substance that is left on the grass and stops the grass from being able to absorb water any longer. This is what will cause the grass to die.
– Sod Webworms: Sod webworms are the larvae of webworm moths. They eat grass entirely from top to bottom. They can cause significant damage incredibly fast when you have grass that is infested with them. Not only will the webworms eat the grass, but there will also be holes where birds have tried to get to the worms as well.
– Cutworms: There are several different species of cutworms, but in general, these worms show up in the spring months. They burrow the under the ground during daylight hours and when the sun goes down, they will come up to feed.
How to Get Rid of Lawn Pests
Much of the time, lawn damage that is caused by the pests listed above will go unchecked until the damage is extensive and easily detected. The best way to keep your lawn green and healthy is to get rid of these pests before they cause major damage to the lawn that takes a long time to recover from. At Earth Scape, we provide our customers with lawn pest control that will assist them in keeping lawn pests away before they destroy their turf. We treat lawns for a number of pests that can be destructive to grass. It is our goal to help our customers have the greenest grass in their neighborhood. Call us today!
