Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinch bugs are about one-sixth of an inch long and light in color, with small, black, triangular patches on their wings. The heat ...

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 ...

The Southern chinch bug, Blissus insularis, can be a significant insect pest in St. Augustine grass. Chinch bug infestations typically occur during hot, dry weather, sometimes causing their damage to ...

Q: I’ve had robust St. Augustine for 40 years, but suddenly the past two summers it has plunged into deep decline. I was told it was chinch bugs or grub worms, and someone else suspected a fungus.

Chinch bugs began to show up in late June and were rampant in July and August. These insects are often more prevalent during hot, dry weather and more likely to damage grass. This year, chinch-bug ...

Big ugly brown patches, splotchy dead zones and crunchy turf are all things we would rather not see in our lawns. With cooler days ahead, lawns in our area are breathing a sigh of relief and ...

Dear Neil: I saw your information on chinch bugs. I think that's what we have. Should I treat now? What would we use? A: This does look like chinch bug damage, but it's probably too late to apply an ...

Garden columnist Dan Gill answers readers' questions each week. To send a question, email Gill at dgill@agcenter.lsu.edu. I have a 7-year-old Japanese maple that has done well in the past and leafed ...

Although we still have three months before the end of the year, I am going to have to go out on a limb and give the 2010 Pest of the Year Award in the Insect Division to none other than 'The Nasty ...

Dear Neil: I hear many people suggesting that we “leave the leaves” on our lawns this fall and winter. What is your opinion? We put a lot of money into fertilizers and even water that we apply to our ...

It has been a brutal summer. Extreme heat and drought dominated our weather in July and August, and we've never before seen so many summer days with temperatures over 100 degrees. Things are improving ...