When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and ...

Chinch bugs are common pest species found in lawns, parks, and cemeteries. Adult chinch bugs are black-colored with white markings on the wings, while immature chinch bugs (nymphs) lack wings and have ...

The wind and the lack of rain has kept brown patch in check for the most part; however, powdery mildew, localized dry spots where irrigation is not reaching, and roaches that would normally be happy ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images If your lawn is looking a little sad or sparse this year, June bugs may be to blame. These beetles emerge from the ...

Spring and summer make it easy to enjoy blooming gardens and lush lawns—but it’s also the time of year when pests like June bugs thrive. You might have already felt one fly right into you while taking ...

Q: My St. Augustine grass has a problem. Large areas are drying out, but water does not help. Do you think I am going to need to replace the brown areas? — Joao Geraldini, Conroe, Texas A: I think you ...

CHEYENNE – The University of Wyoming Extension recently released a free digital publication titled “What to Do about Those Pesky Grass Bugs?” The publication details methods for identifying and ...

Alias: The black grass bug is a tiny, black, brown or silver insect with two large eyes that give it a “hammerhead” appearance. Their eggs overwinter in the stem of grass plants and they emerge in ...

The chinch bug is a nasty rascal. Only about the size of fine ground pepper it is almost impossible to see and the damage it causes can be confused between fungi, dry areas, and just dead areas.

FARGO - Black grass bugs (Hemiptera: Miridae) have been causing problems in Conservation Reserve Program land and pastures in Adams and Bowman counties in southwestern North Dakota. The heavy ...