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

This kind of damage in spring is the end result of hungry insects attacking lawns in the previous fall, and then raccoons and skunks digging up the lawn to look for them and eat them.  Preventative grub control treatment and…

Spruce Trees Losing Needles – Sawfly Emergency

Yellow-headed sawfly are attacking spruce trees right now. These voracious eaters strip needles from spruce, and those needles will NEVER grow back. In three years, they can kill a tree. If your spruce is under attack DO NOT PRUNE the…

Southern Ontario Leatherjacket Alert!

We have been seeing a lot of Leatherjacket insects in lawns in the GTA in the last week. The rain has been a help, as it washes them out where they can be seen easily and encourages the grass to…

Craneflies and leatherjackets – the new pest in town

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

Magnolia trees & sap-sucking scales

Looking for help with your magnolia tree care?  If you live in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), please contact us. Magnolias are always recognized as the harbinger of spring.  Their flowers are grandiose and magnificent.  Magnolia scale threatens these trees…

Chinch bugs spotted

Our technicians are finding adult chinch bugs emerging from thatch as well as their young,  commonly called ‘nymphs’.  We started finding them earlier in June which is earlier than we normally see them appearing. The hot, dry weather is to blame. …

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…