A popular, effective pesticide labeled for sod webworm control is Bacillis thuringiensis (Bt, Dipel, Thuricide). Bt is a bacterial product that will cause the caterpillars to stop feeding and die ...

Hummingbird and butterfly traffic to these flowers is usually heavy, especially with zebra longwings, the state butterfly.

To help control sod webworms, use an insecticide with the active ingredient bifenthrin. LSU AgCenter entomologist Sebe Brown recommends liquid rather than granular applications for better control.

Last summer and fall, local lawns were hit with an outbreak of sod webworms. This pest tends to be cyclic, with outbreaks occurring several years apart. However, a few weeks ...

How do I control sod webworms? Products that contain Spinosad, Like Natural Guard Spinosad, are best for treating a current sod webworm infestation.

It's the sod webworm caterpillars that damage lawns. Any insecticide treatments to the lawn are meant to deal with them -- not to control the adult moths. They're a nuisance at best.

Yet another approach to better control of sod webworms is by growing turfgrass varieties that are resistant to the insect.

Just about all lawn insecticides marketed at garden centers give sod webworm control. These often include natural products marketed as Dipel and spinosad containing insecticides.

To help control sod webworms, use an insecticide with the active ingredient bifenthrin. AgCenter entomologist Sebe Brown recommends liquid rather than granular applications for better control.

Bt and Spinosad are biological (organic) control products that work very well if you apply them while the worms are very young. Tirade, Sevin, and Bug Blaster will nail sod webworms if they have ...

James A. Reinert, Sod Webworm Control in Florida Turfgrass, The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 56, No. 4 (Dec., 1973), pp. 333-337 ...

Gardening expert Chris Kerr says sod webworms are a big problem in lawns this time of year. Here's how to control them.