Army worms

[dlbleak]

Update. I put down the granular triazacide and liquid seven through the hose. Dead or dying worms on my driveway and sidewalk after the rain yesterday.

 

[Gideon]

Your yard will be fine. Let them be bird food instead of distributing pesticides up the food chain.

 

[dlbleak]

Your yard will be fine. Let them be bird food instead of distributing pesticides up the food chain.

While I agree with this, we have a new house with new sod. I want to preserve the grass for now as much as I can. They were also on the plants and shrubs. They cut down two elephant ear stalks.

 

[Kiamichi Wanderer]

Your yard will be fine. Let them be bird food instead of distributing pesticides up the food chain.

This is really bad advice if you have an infestation.

Each moth lays about 1000 eggs and an infestation means millions. Your grass can be completely gone in a few days and a few years for it to completely grow back. We have brown spots now.

So no, birds will not get rid of an infestation, not even a dent. In our acre yard here in logan county you could literally see the grass moving.

There ARE infestations in oklahoma right now.

If you have less than an infestation you should still beware. The caterpillars have an average life cycle of 10 days, then they go into the soil and enter the pupal stage. Moth’s emerge, mate and females lay another thousand eggs (more or less) each. We are not talking about a few scattered caterpillars in a relatively short time.

So I suggest anyone reading to not depend on birds….but it’s your yard.

I also suggest doing some research on them, i saw some attesting to the damage in this thread.

“The Damage Caused
Armyworms eat the foliage of the plant. It is not uncommon for an army of armyworms to destroy an entire lawn or field within a few days. As the armyworm feeds, they leave brown patches in the lawn that appear to be heat, drought, or chemical stress.”

https://turfgator.com/armyworms/

 

[Kiamichi Wanderer]

This is really bad advice if you have an infestation.

Each moth lays about 1000 eggs and an infestation means millions. Your grass can be completely gone in a few days and a few years for it to completely grow back. We have brown spots now.

So no, birds will not get rid of an infestation, not even a dent. In our acre yard here in logan county you could literally see the grass moving.

There ARE infestations in oklahoma right now.

If you have less than an infestation you should still beware. The caterpillars have an average life cycle of 10 days, then they go into the soil and enter the pupal stage. Moth’s emerge, mate and females lay another thousand eggs (more or less) each. We are not talking about a few scattered caterpillars in a relatively short time.

So I suggest anyone reading to not depend on birds….but it’s your yard.

I also suggest doing some research on them.

“The Damage Caused
Armyworms eat the foliage of the plant. It is not uncommon for an army of armyworms to destroy an entire lawn or field within a few days. As the armyworm feeds, they leave brown patches in the lawn that appear to be heat, drought, or chemical stress.”

https://turfgator.com/armyworms/

This is also an option.

Bacillus thuringiensis (B.T.) products can selectively control small armyworm larvae without harming beneficial insects. Retreating is recommended because BT residue remains on turf for less than two days.

 

[GlockPride]

Army worms? Those things do so much destruction they should call them Marine worms!

 

[rickm]

Your yard will be fine. Let them be bird food instead of distributing pesticides up the food chain.

I take this statement as from someone that dont care about their yard or the surrounding countryside and the environmental impact it will have from the destruction from these pest.

 

[Kiamichi Wanderer]

I take this statement as from someone that dont care about their yard or the surrounding countryside and the environmental impact it will have from the destruction from these pest.

Someone that doesn’t know armyworms from grubs.

 

[Gunbuffer]

This is also an option.

Bacillus thuringiensis (B.T.) products can selectively control small armyworm larvae without harming beneficial insects. Retreating is recommended because BT residue remains on turf for less than two days.

Bt has a 2 day effectiveness. Bt is nice as a part of established ipm but not in this case. Your first post nailed it.

 

[Gunbuffer]

Army worms? Those things do so much destruction they should call them Marine worms!

Are they hermaphroditic?