BUGS…
Are
they Bugging the Lawn,
Bugging
You, or Bugging other Bugs?
Over 99% of insects are not pests on plants!
That measns that less than
1 % of the bugs bugging around in your yard
will do any damage at all to
your plants and many of those are actually there
helping your landscape by
keeping bad bug populations down.
Bugs That Bug
Your Lawn | Bad Bugs
These are the less than one percent
of all nsects that are pests on plants. They bug plants.
3 Ways That
Bugs Can Bug Your Lawn
1 – Bugs that
suck the juices out of grass blade tissues.
·
Bermuda Grass Mites
·
Chinch Bugs
·
Ground Pearls
·
Spittlebugs
2 – Bugs that
live in the lawn soil and damage the roots of grass blades .
· Billbugs
·
Mole Crickets
·
White Grubs
3 – Bugs that
feed on the grass blades.
·
Armyworms
·
Grass Loopers
·
Sod Webworms
Bugs That
Don’t Bug Your Lawn,They Bug You
Sometimes it just doesnt
matter if an insect isnt harming the landscape around them we still dont want to coexist with them. I hate ants
and wage my own version of war on them every time I find an ant pile trying to hide from me! Im sure they have
their purpose in the food chain but Im just not gonna let them live in my lawn! They bug
me
· Ants
·
Fleas
·
Sowbugs
·
Snails
Bugs That
Don’t Bug Your Lawn, Don’t Bug You, But Bug Other Bugs | Good
Bugs
(Otherwise known in
the scientific community as beneficial organisms) Bugs that eat other bugs are every gardener’s best friend. Be
sure to look for these bugs before deciding to treat a problem area, you may already have an army of insects on
the job, right under your toes.
Big eyed
bugs
Earwigs
Ground
beetles
Spiders
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