Black Lawn Beetle in Buffalo Lawn

The fact is that a Buffalo lawn would need to be very heavily infested with Black Lawn Beetles for any damage to be seen. Most lawns will only ever have very small numbers of these beetles who are incapable of doing damage.

Besides this, at the times of the year when the Black Lawn Beetle is most actively chewing on the roots of our lawn, our lawn is growing at its maximum speed and health. Therefore it would very quickly repair any minor damage, often without the lawn owner ever noticing. And once our lawns go dormant over the colder months, so too does the Black Lawn Beetle.

Black Lawn Beetles in lawns can in fact be of great benefit as they burrow through the soil and do a wonderful job of naturally aerating it.

The Black Lawn Beetle is very easily killed in Buffalo grass by the use of a simple pesticide product. The dust is applied to the lawn and watered-in. The pesticide works its way through the soil, killing the Black Lawn Beetle as a result.

However, before doing this, we would recommend rethinking this approach and would encourage the lawn owner not to proceed with treating the Black Lawn Beetle.

The Black Lawn Beetle does provide benefits to the lawn’s soil, they do very minor damage which in most cases will never be noticed, and in most cases, we’re simply pouring pesticides into the environment for no benefit, or in fact, loss of benefit.

Having said that, the Black Lawn Beetle should be treated in Buffalo grass, and all other lawn types at any time they can be seen to be growing into large numbers. At which time they can indeed overrun a lawn and cause damage.

A spray kit is a fast and effective way to apply all your liquid lawn care products; an easy-to-use option is the Solo 7L Manual Sprayer that comes with a quality pressure sprayer. Spray indicators such as Blazon allow you to clearly identify where you have applied the spray. myhomeTURF also recommends a surfactant such as the Wetter 600 to increase the activity and efficiency of liquid chemicals.

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