Insects

Quick Tips

• There are many beneficial insects in and around your lawn. Good bugs: lady beetles, praying mantis, lacewings, syrphid fly larvae, dragonflies, ground beetles, bees, honey bees, moths, some flies and tiny parasitic insects and soil-dwelling insects.
• Ants are sometimes considered a pest because they make mounds, but they do not attact grass.
• Chinch bug damage is likely to be found in a lawn that sufferes from dry conditions or has excessive thatch.
• Two more reasons not to scalp your lawn: The adult beetle that is the source of white grub infestations prefers laying eggs in short grass. Also, sod webworms are more of a problem on closely cut lawns.