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What are the symptoms of Rugose Spiraling Whitefly infestation?

1. Wilted, Unhealthy Leaves

Are your trees or plants looking unhealthy? Do you see wilted leaves, stunted growth, dropping fronds, or yellowing? These are a few of the warning signs that may point to a spiraling whitefly infestation. When spiraling whiteflies feed off the underside of your plants, their needle-like mouths steal the nutrients needed to maintain healthy foliage, so unhealthy leaves may be the first sign you notice.

This is the second of ten articles from a Complete Guide to the Rugose Spiraling Whitefly: 10 Things You Need to Know about this New Florida Pest, a free eBook.

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We hope you enjoyed our latest series of blog posts about making your grass greener and keeping your lawn healthy!

We know how frustrating maintaining a lawn can sometimes be. You try to take care of your lawn so your family can enjoy it, but sometimes Mother Nature has her own agenda!

We can help! We wrote these tips show you how to identify the most common problems you can encounter when trying to keep your lawn healthy and green:

1. Start with a Healthy, Green Lawn
2. Florida Irrigation: How Much Should I Water My Lawn?
3. Common Broadleaf Weeds That Invade Your Lawn
4. Crabgrass and Goosegrass: Grassy Weeds
5. Sedge Weeds in Your Lawn
6. Chinch Bugs Causing Brown Lawn Spots?
7. Sod Webworms in Your Lawn?
8. Lawn Grubs Causing Brown Spots?
9. Gray Leaf Spot on Grass
10. Do You Have Brown Spots on Your Lawn?
11. Three Tips for Better Shrub Care

You can read each tip as a blog article, or you can download them all in one convenient free eBook: 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener.

This is the eighth of 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener, a free eBook. We’ll be posting a new trick on this blog every other week.

Do you have thin grass that turns yellow? Is the grass too soft and spongy? Can you pull it out easily without the roots clinging to the soil?

If you answered “yes” to one or more of these questions, it could be a sign of a grub worm problem. Here’s how to test for these lawn pests:

1. Cut a square-foot piece of sod on 3 sides, so you can lift it up like a flap (your cut should be about two inches down.)
2. Lift the grass for a look at the bugs underneath.

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Sod webworm. Courtesy of Flickr user WallTea.

This is the seventh of 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener, a free eBook. We’ll be posting a new trick on this blog every other week.

Worms aren’t usually a threat to a lawn. Most worms can live in harmony with the rest of the tiny creatures in your grass. Unfortunately, some worms are less kind.

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Chinch bug and nymphs. Courtesy of University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

This is the sixth of 11 Tricks to Make Sure Your Grass Is Always Greener, a free eBook. We’ll be posting a new trick on this blog every other week.

If you’ve noticed that your lawn is spotted with patches of brown, even when the grass is being adequately watered, you might have a chinch bug problem. These hungry pests feed on your grass, creating dead areas where the infestation exists.

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