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Sod Webworm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Herpetogramma phaeopteralis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bermudagrass mite<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Eriophyes cynodoniensis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fall Armyworm<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Spodoptera frugiperda<\/em> (J.E. Smith)<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Steve L. Brown, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Southern Chinch Bug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Blissus insularis<\/em> Barber<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: David Shetlar, The Ohio State University, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Two Lined Spittlebug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Prosapia bicincta<\/em> (Say)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Clint Waltz, University of Georgia<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mole Crickets<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Tawny mole cricket: Neoscapteriscus vicinus<\/em> <\/em>(Scudder)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southern mole cricket: Neoscapteriscus borellii<\/em> (Giglio-Tos) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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White Grubs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Japanese Beetle, Chafers, May\/June Beetle, Green June Beetle<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Shimat V. Joseph, University of Georgia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hunting Billbug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Sphenophorus venatus vestitus<\/em> (Chittenden) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: David Shetlar, The Ohio State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Rhodesgrass Mealybug<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Antonina graminis<\/em> Maskell <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sugarcane Beetle<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Euetheola humilis<\/em> (Burmeister)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: C. Sorenson, North Carolina State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mites in Turfgrass<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Kyeong-Yeoll Lee.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Fire Ants<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Solenopsis invicta <\/em>Buren<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo credit: Jake Farnum, Bugwood.org<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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