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Bad patches in lawn may be sign of chinch bugs
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Zoysiagrass can be affected by an insect called the "field" chinch
bug. Adult field chinch bugs are black with distinctly black and
white patterned wings. Young nymphs are red with white waistbands;
older nymphs are gray-black with white waistbands.
Adult field chinch bugs overwinter in bunch grasses, then eggs are
deposited in the spring. Nymphs begin feeding immediately after
emerging from eggs. A second generation is produced later in the
summer. Second generation adults overwinter....
