It's the sod webworm caterpillars that damage lawns. Any insecticide treatments to the lawn are meant to deal with them -- not to control the adult moths. They're a nuisance at best.

What is an organic treatment for sod webworm?

Treat the lawn twice with bifenthrin (Talstar and various brands) to control the caterpillars, and that will stop the damage. Lawns usually recover from sod webworm damage.

Gardening expert Chris Kerr says sod webworms are a big problem in lawns this time of year. Here's how to control them.

Water thoroughly then treat with a spray insecticide designated for sod webworms. Treatment is most effective if delivered in the late afternoon or evening (the most active time for feeding and ...

I just picked up a bag of winterizer lawn fertilizer (5-0-20) containing bifenthrin, an insecticide, from my local independent garden center. My objective is to kill the tropical sod webworms ...

Q. I have planted an organic garden and see moths that produce sod webworms in the grass of a nearby lawn. How should I treat for sod webworms? A. You might want to keep an eye out for sod webworms… ...

Sod webworms are like snakes and people in that they prefer to lounge around hot, south-facing slopes and banks w here conditions are hot and dry.

Sod webworms are the main culprit this year, and fittingly, our weed and turfgrass extension specialist Ron Strahan said, “The numbers are biblical.