Grubs may be the first thing you think of when you see unsightly bare areas in your lawn. However, other common lawn problems, including disease and drought, can cause bare spots in your turf, too. So ...

Grub worms can be one of the trickiest pests to deal with in your garden. The soil-dwelling larvae are hard to spot without digging up a patch of your yard and treating the problem can be just as ...

Grubs can be a problem in lawns some years. Adult beetles will be attracted to irrigated lawns that are surrounded by dry lawns to lay their eggs in early summer. If the season is dry and you are the ...

Q: Two years ago I put down milky spore disease to control a grub problem in the lawn. Since I applied it, I've read that it doesn't take care of all grubs. Last year, I didn't have a grub problem.

If you dig holes in the garden or lawn in May, you are likely to find an occasional c-shaped white grub. Many people get very excited about grubs in May. I generally tell them that grubs are not that ...

A fairly common question we get at the Extension office from residents each year is “What can we use to control grubs in the lawn?” There are several insecticide products available for controlling ...

LAST YEAR I HAD A TRUE GRUB LAWN PROBLEM, WITH DOZENS OF GRUBS PER SQUARE FOOT. I COULD ROLL UP MY GRASS LIKE A CARPET. I RE-SEEDED IN FALL AND YESTERDAY BOUGHT A GRUB CONTROL WITH MERIT. I READ THAT ...

Q: I discovered yesterday that I have a moderate amount of grub damage to my suburban Harrisburg lawn. My questions concern the usage of chemical control for the grubs. I plan on applying milky spore ...

Happy summer! June 21 marked the start of the summer season — a good time for cookouts, picnics, swimming and … grub control. Not exactly what you had in mind for summer fun? Knowing the pest and its ...

Every year there is growing interest in controlling Japanese beetle grubs using alternative pest control materials such as microbial-based insecticides and beneficial nematodes. Japanese beetles were ...

I’ve never used a grub control product on my lawn and never had a grub problem. Am I missing something? My neighbors use this stuff. Lawn grubs get blamed for dead patches in lawns but are not usually ...