When is the Best time to Treat for Grubs: Spring, Summer or Fall?
Many people are inquiring when they should treat their lawns when they have a grub problem. Here are the facts. • The grubs are hard to kill at any time of the year with the traditional insecticides. • The smaller and younger the grub, the easier it is to control them. Less insecticide is needed. • The grubs do the most damage August through October when they are feeding and growing. Less damage is done at other times of the year. Control may be advised if skunks & raccoons tear up the lawn looking for them. (If anyone can get a crew of skunks or raccoons that are trained to remove grubs, eat them, and then put the sod back, we’d be happy to hire them) • Even if we could destroy all the grubs in your lawn now, this will not prevent the next generation of grubs from attacking your lawn the next season. See the life cycle chart. The grubs in your lawn now (generally are European chafer larva) will pupate in May and turn into adults in June. The adults are flying beetles. They go on matin
