Chinch bugs can kill St. Augustinegrass in hot sunny areas of the lawn Chinch bugs are a common pest of St. Augustinegrass and often cause significant damage or death during the hot summer months.

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 ...

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 ...

One of the problems we are already experiencing in home lawns is the southern chinch bug. This tiny little insect, which measures from 1/6 to 1/5-inch long, more than makes up for its lack of size in ...

Q. Please tell me what I need to do to prevent large brown dead circles from reappearing in my St. Augustine lawn in August. -- D.L., Houston A. Late summer lawn woes include brown patch, chinch bugs ...

Although this is the time of year when active gardeners complain about the heat, sweat a lot while working and find those shady places very inviting, it's a perfect time and environment for one of our ...

Although we still have three months before the end of the year, I am going to have to go out on a limb and give the 2010 Pest of the Year Award in the Insect Division to none other than 'The Nasty ...

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 ...