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Other insects including armyworms and fiery skipper caterpillars could attack the stalks of your favorite turf grass. Being aware of what lawn pests are out there in the insect world will keep you one step ahead of the game and better equipped to deal with any uninvited guests.

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The argentinian scarab beetle cyclocephala signaticollis was first reported in australia in the mid 1950 s and has now spread up and down the nsw coast.

Lawn pests australia. If you re concerned your lawn is affected by disease we ve put together a handy guide to the most common lawn diseases found here in australia. Root feeding grubs include. These are all common names for the juvenile stage of a lawn beetle that feeds on the lawn roots.

Some common pest thrips in australia are plague thrips thrips imaginis tomato thrips frankliniella schultzei and western flower thrips frankliniella occidentalis. Armyworms are most common in cool moist. These pests are numerous and varied.

Underground your grass could become a meal for white grubs and billbugs. These pests will feed on your lawns root system and will be a serious problem. Ant nests can disturb the surface on your lawn with raised sections and can damage roots plus may inhibit runners and good growth.

White curl grub scarab beetle larvae lawn beetle larvae or cockchafer. Even if you follow strict lawn maintenance procedures and plant the right type of grass for your climate you can still run into trouble. Lawn grubs can also be known as army worms or sod web worms and despite their name they all can cause a lot of damage to your turf in a relatively short amount of time in fact lawn grubs can feed on 30cms of lawn each and every night.

See our informative excerpts from lawn solutions australia s loving your lawn guide. If the grass is loose and you can easily pull it away from the roots it s invariably grub damage. In the past decade it has become a widespread and serious pest of recreational turf areas.

To get rid of lawn grubs and other lawn pests such as beetles slaters mole crickets and earwigs you need to use a broad spectrum insecticide such as grub guard. Although there are more than 6000 known species of thrips only a few are important pests of plants. Posted in featured lawn care guides weeds pests and diseases.

Following are seven of the most troublesome and common lawn insect pests with tips on how to identify and control them. These are not to be mixed up with the witchetty grub.