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Irregular yellow and brown patch spreading through a sunny St. Augustine lawn beside a concrete sidewalk

Chinch Bugs: How to Spot and Treat Them

Chinch bugs are tiny black-and-white bugs that suck sap from grass and leave yellow-to-brown patches that don't green up with water. Confirm them with a can test at the edge of the damage, fix thatch and watering, and spot-treat only if you count about 20 or more per square foot.

September 30, 2026

A square of sod folded back on a lawn, exposing several white C-shaped grubs in the soil

Lawn Care

Lawn Grub Worms: Signs, Damage and When to Treat

Grub worms are beetle larvae that eat grass roots, leaving brown patches that peel up like carpet in late summer. Treat only if you find about 5 to 10 or more per square foot: preventive products go down in late spring to midsummer, curative ones in late summer before grubs reach full size.

September 18, 2026