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Updated: March 16, 2026

Diagnose Home Lawn Problems

Explore common indications of lawn stress, damage, or dieback, and learn what conditions usually cause those symptoms and how to manage or avoid them in the future.
Scattered clumps of green turfgrass surrounded by patches of matted-down, dead, pale brown turf.
Updated: March 16, 2026

White Grubs in Lawn and Garden Soil

Learn how to identify and manage white grubs (scarab beetle larvae) in the soil of lawns and garden beds.
beetle grubs
Updated: March 16, 2026

Insects and Mites in Home Lawns

Learn which insects and mites are common in lawns and how to manage them if they are causing damage to the grass.
A brown-striped caterpillar walks on pavement next to the edge of a lawn.
Updated: March 29, 2023

Mining Bees - Lawns

Mining bees in Lawns
mining bee
Updated: March 2, 2023

White Grub Management on Lawns

Control options for controlling Japanese beetle and other kinds of grubs in turf.
3 different species of white grubs
Updated: March 2, 2023

Sod Webworm - Lawns

Sod Webworm in lawns
sod webworm symptoms in lawn
Updated: March 1, 2023

Identification of Grubs in Lawns

C-shaped white grubs with orange heads are the larval stage of Japanese beetles - one of the grubs that feed on grass roots.
white grubs in soil
Updated: March 1, 2023

Green June Beetle - Lawns

Green June beetle in lawns
green June beetle adult
Updated: March 1, 2023

Cicada Killer Wasps

Cicada killer wasps in Maryland
cicada killer wasp
Updated: March 1, 2023

Chinch Bug - Lawn

Chinch Bug in lawns
chinch bug damage on lawns