Two-lined spittlebug damage can quickly turn a healthy, lush St. Augustine lawn into a collection of thinning, brown patches, especially after periods of warm weather and heavy rain. Because the two-lined spittlebug feeds on the grass crown, affected areas often fail to recover even with consistent watering, which makes it easy to mistake the issue…
Hunting billbugs often cause extensive damage to St. Augustinegrass before most homeowners notice the presence of an insect. The first clue is typically a thin, yellow-brown patch that fails to recover after watering. Because similar symptoms can arise from chinch bugs, disease, drought, or poor soil conditions in this popular warm-season grass, correct identification is…
Southwest Florida lawn pests do not wait for a clean calendar or a neat season. Warm weather, heavy rain, irrigation, and sandy soil give insects plenty of room to move, feed, and spread before the damage looks obvious. We see the same pattern in Naples, Fort Myers, and Bonita Springs all the time. A yard…