Japanese beetle larvae, Popillia japonica Order: ColeopteraFamily: Scarabidae Description Japanese beetles have been one of the key insect pests of both turfgrass and landscape plants in the eastern US and now in the Western U.S. These beetles cause significant...
Banks grass mite, Oligonychus pratensis Order: AcariFamily: Tetranychidae Description Banks grass mites are common in Colorado and can be destructive pests of turfgrass. These mites are very small and light in color. Banks grass mites are paler in younger life stages...
Black grass bugs in turfgrass Order: HemipteraFamily: Miridae Description Black grass bugs belong to the order Hemiptera and have piercing-sucking mouthparts. Two species of black grass bug are considered turfgrass pests in Colorado, Lapobs hesperius Uhler and Irbisia...
Armyworm and cutworms Order: LepidopteraFamily: Noctuidae Description Armyworm Mature armyworms are approximately 3.5-5 cm (1.5-2 inches) long and gray or yellow and green with a tinge of pink. A broken narrow stripe runs along the middle of the back and a lighter...
Hairy chinch bug, Blissus leucopterus hirtus Order: HemipteraFamily: Blissidae Description Adults of hairy chinch bug are about 3.5 mm (0.1 inches) long and 0.75 mm wide, and males are usually smaller. The adults have white wings with a black spot on the middle edge...
