Local lawn and garden stores are reporting a groundswell of calls from homeowners whose yards are under attack by armyworms. Think those dark patches across your lawn are the result of drought? › Grass blades are ragged where the worms feed and, in large infestations, the blades may be sheared to the ground.› Fall armyworms are most active early in morning or late at night.› They particularly love zoysia and bermuda grass.› The most severe damage comes in hot, dry weather.› They’re relatively easy to treat with insecticides, but it may take several treatments. Adults - which are moths - are tan or brown, less than an inch long and have a white spot in the middle of each forewing.› Egg-laying females - they can lay 1,000 eggs at a time - prefer to attach their eggs on tree leaves.› As larvae move into a lawn, damage usually first becomes apparent near the edges. If you think you have armyworms, here’s some steps you can take:› Armyworm caterpillars are a greenish-brown, about 1-1/2-inch in length and about half the width of a little finger.
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