You can be called unfortunate. Those sodwebworms have found a place in your lawn. They have called it their own. Right now, they are already there starting to organize things so that it would really be home. And right now, you have no idea that such is going on. They may not look harmful but what they can do is the total opposite. You will start to know that you have these insects around your lawn when there are brown spots that appear that water could not cure. Do something about it now.
Before you go marching off with a hatchet to your lawn where the sod webworms are, take time to learn about what they are first and what they are capable of doing. Remember Puss in Boots in Shrek? He may look harmless but he can be fierce when he wants to. To know a sod webworm from others, this insect has brown spots in four rows in its abdominal area. The body can be beige, gray, green, or brown. They are just about an inch long.
The sod webworm also grows into the type of insect that flies around. However, as a worm, it can pretty much bring about much of a headache on your end. See, they not be that fierce as you may deem to be by just looking at their appearance but that just ends there. See, this insect during its worm or caterpillar stage can be really harmful. They would actually dig deep into the soil just right where your grass and your plants are thriving. And then they would start work their way to the roots and the important parts so much so that the green leaves up high would turn brown because everything below it is being damaged. And so when you pull up that patch of brown grass, all the brown parts would pull up easily as if it were some mat.
To actually battle it out with sod webworms, you have to be prepared. One of the things that you have to do research on is just which of the various insecticides in the market would work best for you and your lawn. Any expert would say that you get any kind of insecticide. However, on your end, you have to also make sure that the insecticide would harm the insects but not necessarily the plants that you have.
The war is now about to begin if you have the insecticide at hand. Apply the chemical to the brown parts. That is most probably where the sod webworms are staying. Check after a week if the situation has improved. If not, go on and add some more insecticide. When they are all gone, you will see your lawn turning back to how it was before. - 30234
Before you go marching off with a hatchet to your lawn where the sod webworms are, take time to learn about what they are first and what they are capable of doing. Remember Puss in Boots in Shrek? He may look harmless but he can be fierce when he wants to. To know a sod webworm from others, this insect has brown spots in four rows in its abdominal area. The body can be beige, gray, green, or brown. They are just about an inch long.
The sod webworm also grows into the type of insect that flies around. However, as a worm, it can pretty much bring about much of a headache on your end. See, they not be that fierce as you may deem to be by just looking at their appearance but that just ends there. See, this insect during its worm or caterpillar stage can be really harmful. They would actually dig deep into the soil just right where your grass and your plants are thriving. And then they would start work their way to the roots and the important parts so much so that the green leaves up high would turn brown because everything below it is being damaged. And so when you pull up that patch of brown grass, all the brown parts would pull up easily as if it were some mat.
To actually battle it out with sod webworms, you have to be prepared. One of the things that you have to do research on is just which of the various insecticides in the market would work best for you and your lawn. Any expert would say that you get any kind of insecticide. However, on your end, you have to also make sure that the insecticide would harm the insects but not necessarily the plants that you have.
The war is now about to begin if you have the insecticide at hand. Apply the chemical to the brown parts. That is most probably where the sod webworms are staying. Check after a week if the situation has improved. If not, go on and add some more insecticide. When they are all gone, you will see your lawn turning back to how it was before. - 30234
