Mole Cricket Damage
Mole Crickets are thick, brown Grasshopper-like insects, roughly 1½ inches long, with shovel-like front legs that dig easily through soil.
Damage
Mole Crickets can damage your lawn, and sometimes flowers and vegetables, by tunneling through soil, eating roots and creating areas of dead turf that feels spongy when you walk on them. Skunks, raccoons and armadillos may dig up lawns searching for Mole Crickets.
You can check for Mole Crickets in your lawn by soaking a 2 by 2 foot area of soil or turf with soapy water (2 tablespoons dish soap in 2 gallons of water). The Mole Crickets, if present, will come to the surface.
Location
Mole Crickets occur most heavily throughout the South, including tropical areas. They also attack lawns in the Desert Southwest, Mountain West and High Plains. Any species of grass can be damaged by Mole Crickets, but they particularly like Bahiagrass and Bermudagrass.
Complete Brand Insect Killer For Soil & Turf-32 oz. Ready-To-Spray
Complete Brand Insect Killer For Soil & Turf-32 oz. Ready-To-Spray
- Kills listed surface insects in 24 hours
- Kills soil insects for up to 3 months
- Kills Mosquitoes
- 32oz Ready-To-Spray treats up to 5,000 sq. ft
- 40oz. Concentrate makes up to 80 gallons of spray
- Excludes Pharaoh Ants
Season Long Grub Control Plus Turf Revitalizer-24 lb. Bag
Season Long Grub Control Plus Turf Revitalizer-24 lb. Bag
- Creates a season-long protective zone to kill Grubs before they do damage
- PLUS increases turf root mass for thicker, stronger turf
- Apply anytime, spring through late summer
- Also kills Mole Crickets and European Crane Fly larvae
- 12 lb. bag treats up to 5,000 sq. ft.
- 24 lb. bag treats up to 10,000 sq. ft.
24 Hour Grub Killer Plus Granules-20 lb. Bag
24 Hour Grub Killer Plus Granules-20 lb. Bag
- Kills Grubs in 24 hours
- PLUS kills Ants1, Armyworms, Billbugs, Chinch Bugs, Crickets, Cutworms, Earwigs, Grasshoppers, Leafhoppers, Millipedes, Mole Crickets, Pillbugs, Scorpions, Sod Webworms, Sowbugs and Ticks
- 20 lb. bag treats 10,000 sq. ft. for White Grubs, Billbugs and Mole Crickets; 15,000 sq. ft. for other lawn pests
1-Except Carpenter Ants, Fire Ants, Harvester Ants, and Pharaoh Ants
