


Meanwhile, the Agriculture Coordinator for Bong County, Kollie Nah told a local radio through an interview on Friday, Jthat the Ministry of Agriculture was dispatching a team to the Districts. A majority of the farmers who are affected are small-scale farmers who produce more than 90 percent of crops." He added, "It has affected most of our crops and farmlands areas. Please checkout these links for more information."The situation is very serious," John Tokpah a farmer in Pelalay Town in Zota District#4 said. The Texas A&M Aggieturf website has additional information about army worms and sod webworms specifically and lawn insects in general. Here’s a link to a story on Houston’s ABC Channel 13 about fighting sod webworms and army worms. Nitro Phos Bug Out Max Insecticide to Kill Sod Webworms If left unattended, they could kill most or all of your grass. You just have to act fairly quickly because sod webworms and army worms can do a lot of damage fairly fast. You can control sod webworms and army worms with a Nitro-Phos product called Bug Out that we carry at Houston Grass. Another sign of sod webworms is the telltale web that they put out over the top of the grass. Augustine grass too, but normally you find them in Bermuda grass. They get to be pretty good size green worms pretty fast and they eat the leaves off the Bermuda grass. Sod webworms are little bitty green worms. It is not unusual to have populations of armyworms, webworms, and other lawn caterpillars all feeding at the same time in the same location. A sign of army worms in the fields is the presence of lots of white cow birds out in the fields feasting on the army worms.Īrmyworm injury is similar to that of webworms however, the damage is usually more scattered and not confined to patches as with sod webworm infestations. Sometimes controlling army worms is a problem as well. In Bermuda grass, controlling sod webworms is probably the biggest issue. How to Control Sod Webworms and Army Worms in Your Grass Summary of How to Control Sod Webworms & Army Worms
