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 ...

There are bugs aplenty in our yards and gardens, but some of them do far more harm than good. If you've never heard of chinch bugs, that doesn't mean you haven't had them in your yard before. If ...

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: My lawn care guy is recommending that I have my lawn treated for ants and chinch bugs. What even are chinch bugs? Do I have to do this? I hate to spray insecticide all over the lawn. I have a ...

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 ...

If you’re lucky, you haven’t been acquainted with any large clusters of small bugs crawling around your home or backyard. But for everyone else, you’ve probably become quite familiar with false chinch ...