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Craneflies and leatherjackets – the new pest in town

Lawns in the Greater Toronto Area have typically been harassed by chinch bugs and white grubs for a long time. However in the last several years, a new invasive pest has appeared and it is becoming more common. Craneflies (Tipula…

Chinch Bugs In Your Lawn Spotted (Everywhere!)

Our technicians are finding adult chinch bugs emerging from thatch as well as their young,  commonly called ‘nymphs’ in lawns throughout the Greater Toronto Area.  We started finding them earlier in June which is earlier than we normally see them…

“Help, the Raccoons & Skunks Are Tearing Up My Lawn!”

  This is the common call of thousands of frantic homeowners every spring to our lawn experts as the soil warms and they look out to find animals have been digging holes in their yard during the night. The first…

Voles dig tunnels under snow, leave tracks in Spring

Help! What’s Ripping Up My Lawn? What Do I Do? When Spring comes and the snow melts, everything’s supposed to be coming up roses, Right?  Well if you’re like most people as soon as the snow recedes – it reveals…

White Grubs in Your Lawn? How to Repair Lawn Damage From Grubs

Grub damage is typically caused in the spring and is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, coupled with raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them.  Preventative grub…

Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!

Leather jackets and Crane Flies are cropping up again on lawns in the GTA.  Leather jackets are the larval stage of Crane Flies. They usually re-appear in the leatherjacket form in Late April through Early May, as the rain helps…

Animals digging up your lawn in the Spring? Client questions

Hi Jenny & Kyle, We have had some Grubs over the years & the skunks come in and start digging around every spring. If we get the grub treatment will it stop this?? If we get this when would you…

2011: Summer Heat, lack of rain means dormant lawns in GTA

July 12th 2011: (Observations from the field in the Greater Toronto Area) This Spring brought lots of rain through April and May, in fact, record rainfalls that made it very difficult to get out and work in your lawn and garden. …

Nematodes are not Sea Monkeys…

Though if they are not treated carefully, they might as well be. The tiny swimming creatures we use to protect your lawn from damaging white grubs remind us a lot of the ‘instant pets’ advertised in the backs of comic…