Have you ever walked through your lawn and observed little brown moths coming out of the grass and flying away? These moths are an indicator that you have an upcoming infestation of sod webworms. This happens every year in central Florida. The severity of the infestation depends on the amount of rainfall we have in the late spring / early summer season. Heavy rainfall usually corresponds to a worse outbreak. On bad years, your St. Augustine grass can be devastated. We will usually try to notify you if we see a pending disaster. If you have a regular lawn pesticide service, they are well aware of this problem and usually do a good job controlling them. If you do see these moths in your lawn, you should take action or damage will most likely appear in the next few following weeks.
Here is a video explaining Sod Webworms, what they are, what they look like, and the type of damage they can cause: