Turfgrass Pests


Larva, pupa, and damage caused by sod webworm. Photo: Steven Arthurs, University of Florida.

Sod Webworm

Herpetogramma phaeopteralis

Photo credit: Steven Arthurs, University of Florida

Bermudagrass mite

Eriophyes cynodoniensis

Photo credit: Stephanie Brooks

Fall Armyworm

Spodoptera frugiperda (J.E. Smith) 

Photo credit: Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

Southern Chinch Bug

Blissus insularis Barber

Photo credit: David Shetlar, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org

Two Lined Spittlebug

Prosapia bicincta (Say)

Photo credit: Clint Waltz, University of Georgia

Mole Crickets

Tawny mole cricket: Neoscapteriscus vicinus (Scudder)

Southern mole cricket: Neoscapteriscus borellii (Giglio-Tos) 

Photo credit: David Jones, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

White Grubs

Japanese Beetle, Chafers, May/June Beetle, Green June Beetle

Photo credit: Shimat V. Joseph, University of Georgia.

Hunting Billbug

Sphenophorus venatus vestitus (Chittenden) 

Photo credit: David Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Rhodesgrass Mealybug

Antonina graminis Maskell

Photo credit: Shimat V. Joseph, University of Georgia

Sugarcane Beetle

Euetheola humilis (Burmeister)

Photo credit: C. Sorenson, North Carolina State University.

Mites in Turfgrass

Photo credit: Kyeong-Yeoll Lee.

Fire Ants

Solenopsis invicta Buren

Photo credit: Jake Farnum, Bugwood.org