Spot and treat the pests and diseases that damage Australian lawns – lawn grubs, lawn beetle, fungus and dollar spot, mushrooms and more.
Key takeaway: Lawn grubs are the one pest with a genuine preventative window: apply a chlorantraniliprole-based granule from around September, before overwintering beetles emerge and lay eggs, for season-long protection. … Read more
How to identify lawn grubs, armyworm and fall armyworm early, tell them apart from drought, disease and dog urine, and confirm before you treat anything. Read more
Key takeaway: Treating adult lawn beetles is a different job to treating the grubs they produce. Cut outdoor lighting at night through summer and autumn to stop drawing flying adults … Read more
Key takeaway: Mealybugs are small, cotton-coated insects that occasionally turn up at the edge of an Australian lawn, usually spreading in from an infested garden bed rather than starting in … Read more
Brown patches that peel back like carpet, extra birds on the lawn, and grass that pulls up with no roots are the classic signs of lawn grubs. Read more
Why mushrooms actually grow in a lawn, whether fungicide works, safe removal, and how to tell ordinary mushrooms from a tougher fairy ring problem. Read more
