Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Chinch bugs are about one-sixth of an inch long and light in color, with small, black, triangular patches on their wings. The heat ...

St. John’s Ward 3 Coun. Greg Noseworthy is urging homeowners to protect their properties against the destructive chinch bug, ...

Keeping the soil moist can help deter chinch bugs, but insecticides may be needed for infestations. Damage appears as wilting, yellow patches of grass, typically in sunny areas near pavement. Treating ...

When patches of lawn turn yellow and then straw-brown in the sunniest, driest parts of the garden in the middle of summer, almost everyone reaches for the hose. If the patches keep spreading no matter ...