Lawn Insecticide Treatments

While it’s perfectly normal to find bugs and insects on your lawn, when insects take over, your lawn will suffer. Additionally, insects can pose unwanted health risks to you and your loved ones. Depending on the type of insect, they may be visible to the naked eye, while others feed on the roots of your lawn, making them harder to detect.

There are a variety of insects in the Muscle Shoals area that can be dangerous to your lawn. Some of the most common insects that cause problems include:

• Spittlebugs: These little bugs like to feed on Bermuda or centipede grass and produce patches of foam at the base of the grass. They can cause grass blades to turn yellow and curl or can cause whole patches of dead grass in the lawn.
• Mole Crickets: This type of cricket likes to burrow underground and dig tunnels for most of the year, which can cause damage to root systems. If you see small tunnels on the lawn, patches of dead grass, or notice that predators are digging in the grass, you need to act quickly to prevent significant damage.
• Fire Ants: These ants get their name from their red color, but they also have a fiery bite as well. Colonies of fire ants can cause significant damage to root systems.
• Chinch Bugs: These are tiny bugs that can cause big problems. They pull nutrients from the grass and inject a poison as well, which causes patches of grass to turn yellow then brown. You may think it’s a drought that is killing your grass, but it may be chinch bugs.
• Grubs: These small white pests feed on grass roots and organic matter, which causes patches of grass to die. Grubs are larvae of certain varieties of beetles. The beetles lay eggs in the later summer and the eggs hatch in October, letting loose an infestation of grubs on your lawn.

The dangerous part of these insects is that they’re not always easy to spot. When you begin to see problems in your lawn, it’s important to act quickly so that the damage doesn’t get worse, resulting in long-term repairs. However, the Grass Life team has complete confidence in our insecticide treatments and lawn care programs. If your grass is turning brown or dying, we will treat it using safe and effective insect control products.

Proudly offering lawn care and insecticide treatments for residents in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, and the surrounding communities, contact our team today to discuss our insect control services. Our friendly customer service representative will gladly speak with you about your concerns and answer any questions you may have.