The most economically important species is the North American Chinch Bug " Blissus leucopterus ", a destructive pest of maize crops in the USA.
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For instance, I seem to see more chinch bug problems in recent years, and lacebugs appear to be on the rise on rhododendron and pieris species.
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Thomas found a pattern between the chinch bug and weather, concluding that outbreaks can be expected about every seven years and then for two years in a row.
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When the time comes to do mortal combat with the dreaded lawn-sapping chinch bug, Ron Breland reaches for a botanical insecticide extracted from a South American lily.
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Hot, dry summer conditions are an invitation to chinch bugs, and the typically hot and dry areas of the lawn near the drive and street are especially vulnerable.
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If you don't see the chinch bugs near the soil surface, push a bottomless can several inches into the ground in an area where the grass is turning yellow.
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Thomas and LeBaron, using the same tactic of studying the chinch bug s relationship to the weather, found that chinch bugs needed at least one or two dry seasons to reach outbreak proportions.
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Thomas and LeBaron, using the same tactic of studying the chinch bug s relationship to the weather, found that chinch bugs needed at least one or two dry seasons to reach outbreak proportions.
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But don't overdo it because such treatments often wipe out beneficial insects and those organisms that decompose thatch . ` Floratam'is one St . Augustine variety that is touted as resistant to chinch bugs.
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To be sure, push a bottomless can into the affected lawn, fill with water, wait a few minutes and, if chinch bugs are present, they will soon be swimming around in the water.
