I have just had my front lawn (centipede) diagnosed with ground pearls. It makes the lawn very very ugly. As far as i know there is not a cure at this time. Anyone have any suggestions?
Ground Pearls
What the heck are ground pearls???
Ground Pearls belong to the scale family .. Margarodes spp. , Margarodidae, HOMOPTERA.
http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/orn/turf/ground_pearls.htm
Apparently there is no control for them, except by removal of the infected area.
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That sounds like a bad thing to have in your grass.
Why wouldn't a systemic like disyston or merit work on these critters? The waxy coating may protect them from the outside, but if they eat poison they should crump...How come they don't?
I was thinking the same thing .. but when I researched it, not one site offered up anything that would kill it.
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