Cutworms are eating my Bermuda

[Shamoan]

Little guys are crawling everywhere and have been here about a week. The yard seems to be holding up fairly well but they have been fairly isolated until now. Anybody got experience killing these?

 

[Hump4Hoops]

You need a bigger insect to eat them. I suggest mole crickets.

 

[kired]

I'm going to put some ortho bug b gone on my yard today. They've infested my backyard and working their way into the front. I think they are supposed to be easy to kill but this is my first experience with them.

Those little bastards are everywhere right now. On my run this morning they were all over the road for the first 2 miles.

ETA: actually I think mine are armyworms. I assume you control them the same way

 

[Shamoan]

Mine might be army worms. An inlaw called them cut worms. The young ones are white and light green, the mature are green with yellow dots and the old ones are black.

This is my first time to own a Bermuda lawn and it's been a lot of work to keep it looking good.

 

[thatsbaseball]

Heard about this problem from someone else this AM. Where are you located.

 

[Shamoan]

Gluckstadt, but family in Madison has them as well.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

That's army worms. Use a pyrethroid and spray now before you're overrun. Word of advice when spraying, start spraying by the house and work your way out. Otherwise you're going to push everything in your yard (I.e. Fleas) to your house and you'll be infested.

 

[WhiteShepherd07]

Army Worms got me too, ate up my whole back yard. I threw out that ortho bug b gone though and it had them done for in just a few hours.

 

[RocketDawg]

They're in Huntsville too. Saw them on the golf course one day last week, and the course superintendent said they were army worms. I swear the things doubled in size during the course of our round.

I was told they will kill Bermuda but not harm Zoysia.

 

[Jgbishop]

Coat your yard in Dales. Let sit for two hours. Broil at 190 until brown. Serve them warm. That should do it.

 

[Shamoan]

If I coat them in dales, I may not be able to wait two hours.

 

[klong-dog]

They're everywhere in Columbus as well. We had lots of calls on them in the latter part of the week. Propst park was covered this a.m. when playing disc golf today.

 

[civildawg88]

I think I got the worms too. My Bermuda yard is starting to turn brown. If I can figure out how to post pictures I will snap a few

 

[DerHntr]

Need these bastards to stay out of my food plots of clover

 

[Shamoan]

I'm guessing it's related to the wet weather this late in the summer. I used ortho in the back and sevin in the front. Both seem to be doing the job. Birds have been feasting and still making only a little dent.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

If your yard is turning brown that's army worms. They are sucking the life out of your yard.

 

[InTheIttaBenaHotSun]

Don't know if Army Worms eat clover but I'd checking your food plot.....going to be a lot of disappointed hunters come October.

 

[ByersFarm]

If you can get your hands on some karate, it will take care of them. Before the jokes start, it's an insecticide.

 

[Drebin]

Army Worms got me too, ate up my whole back yard. I threw out that ortho bug b gone though and it had them done for in just a few hours.

They may be done for, but they may not be completely done for. In about three weeks, you could see a recurrence if the weather stays hot/wet. You may need to do a second application in the mid September timeframe to guarantee that you got em all.

 

[OleMissLogo]

Madison is having an infestation of army worms currently. Go to Lowe's, say "I have army worms" and they'll hand you some stuff to kill it. Bifen IT is what it is called. I just sprayed a friend's yard last night and it was already killing them this morning.

 

[PBRME]

If you can get your hands on some karate, it will take care of them. Before the jokes start, it's an insecticide.

Hai Karate?

They're moving through Desoto County. I know of a few places in OB and Southaven that's been hit.

 

[civildawg88]

I went sunday to the lowe's in madison to get some insecticide and the whole shelf had been wiped out except for a couple of bottles.

 

[ByersFarm]

Hai Karate?

They're moving through Desoto County. I know of a few places in OB and Southaven that's been hit.

It's an agricultural insecticide. http://www.syngentacropprotection.com/karate-with-zeon-technology-insecticide

We use it for stink bugs and armyworms. I've got an air tractor coming tomorrow to spray my yard.

 

[thatsbaseball]

How long will they be around ?

 

[coach66]

until they turn into butterflies* I think they

are worm stage for two weeks.

 

[DesotoCountyDawg]

They'll be around until your yard is completely dead.

 

[DerHntr]

They'll be around until your yard is completely dead.

Clover has been sprayed. thanks for the heads up gentlemen

 

[thatsbaseball]

I guess what I meant to ask is do they leave when they complete a life cycle or do they hang around the area and continue to regenerate until cool weather comes ?

 

[Charlie Varney]

Here is a link to tv report on Army worms in Little Rock...

http://katv.com/news/local/army-worms-taking-over-west-little-rock-grass

 

[Brad Stevens.sixpack]

For anyone curious, they have made it to my home and several neighbors in Rankin County as well.

 

[Shamoan]

saw a lot of yellow butterflies yesterday, so thats my guess as to what they turn into. my yard was sprayed this weekend and the ones that survived the initial spray went elsewhere. a good number just died where they stood along with spiders and anything else hanging around. get them early before they wreck your yard.