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General Guides and Information

• Planning for Ornamental Pest Management Throughout the Year (Turf & Trees) (Texas A&M)
• Lawn and Turf Insect Management, Part II: Webworm, Cutworm, Armyworm, Chinch Bug and Ant: Turf Insects (Kansas State, PDF)
• Turfgrass Entomology (Univ. of Nebraska)
  • Turfgrass Pests and Beneficial Insects
  • Key to Common Turfgrass Insect Pests (Univ. of Nebraska)
• Professional Series: Turfgrass Identification (Kansas State, PDF)
• Weed Control in Home Lawns (Kansas State, PDF)

Specific Pests

Ants

• Red Harvester Ants (Texas A&M)  (pdf version)
  
• Fire Ant Management (Texas A&M)
  
• Fire Ant Website (Texas A&M) Comprehensive Answers
• Fire Ant Control Research Results (Texas A&M)
• Texas Pest Ant Identification Key (Texas A&M, PDF)
• 2005 Fire Ant Control Methods for Homeowners    (Alabama, PDF)

Chinch Bugs

• Chinch Bugs in St. Augustine Lawns (Texas A&M, PDF)

Grasshoppers

• Grasshoppers in the Lawn and Garden (Kansas State, PDF)

Grubs

• White Grubs in Texas Turfgrass (Texas A&M, PDF)
• Lawn and Turf Insect Management, Part I - White Grubs (Kansas State, PDF)
• White Grubs in Turf (Univ. of Nebraska)
• Annual White Grubs (Kansas State, PDF)

Scorpions and Spiders

• Poisonous Spiders and Scorpions (Kansas State, PDF)

Sod Webworms

• Sod Webworms and Cutworms in Lawns (Colorado State)

Ticks and Fleas

• Protect yourself from Ticks (University of Georgia)

Pesticide Information

• Toxicity Values of Commonly Used Lawn and Garden Chemicals (Texas A&M)
• Tree, Turf, and Ornamental Quick Reference Guide to Insecticides (Texas A&M, PDF)
• Toxicity Values of Commonly Used Lawn & Garden Chemicals (Texas A&M, PDF)
• Common and trade names of fungicides, insecticides, and miticides (Texas A&M)
• Yard Care and the Environment: Lawn and Garden Pesticides (Kansas State, PDF)
• Turfgrass Insecticides (Univ. of Nebraska)

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