The southern chinch bug is a highly damaging pest for St. Augustinegrass, often causing patches of dead grass in sunny, dry areas. Homeowners can identify an infestation by visually inspecting the ...

Today on your lawn and garden we’re talking about chinch bugs. First of all, what is a chinch bug and how do we find them, how do we know they’re in our yard.Well it’s a little insect, a little brown ...

Contribution from Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Supersedes Farmers' bulletin no. 1498, The chinch bug and how to fight it, by W.P. Flint. https://siris ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Homeowners across the area are seeing unusual brown spots spreading through their lawns, and experts say tiny insects could be to blame. Mark Wilson with the LSU AgCenter says chinch ...

The Southern chinch bug, a significant pest in St. Augustine grass, is damaging Bryan and College Station lawns. Measuring 1/6 to 1/5 of an inch long, the chinch bug (Blissus insularis) feeds on the ...

Dear Neil: I was told in mid-summer that my lawn had Take All Patch and that it should not be treated until it was cooler. It has continued to spread, and now it looks like I may have lost big parts ...