How to Use chinch bug in a Sentence

chinch bug

noun
  • That would point to the damage being done by chinch bugs.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 26 Dec. 2019
  • The chinch bug symptoms are similar but occur in the hottest, driest part of the lawn.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 11 June 2020
  • Where gray leaf spot will show up in both sun and shade, chinch bugs will always be in the hottest, sunniest parts of your yard.
    Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 11 July 2018
  • Cold weather did not stop the chinch bugs; inspect yellow spots and treat if needed.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 May 2018
  • If areas of your lawn died during that time, chinch bugs are a possible cause.
    Dan Gill, NOLA.com, 24 Feb. 2018
  • Like areas browned by frost, chinch bugs or other problems that need a temporary cure until spring.
    Tom MacCubbin, orlandosentinel.com, 26 Oct. 2019
  • People are forever getting it confused with chinch bugs that hit in the summer only.
    Neil Sperry, star-telegram, 20 Oct. 2017
  • This time select a product the chinch bugs have not become resistant to, which includes either Arena or Dylox.
    Tom MacCubbin, OrlandoSentinel.com, 6 Jan. 2018
  • If there is no response, suspect chinch bugs and consider applying a soil insecticide.
    Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 13 Sep. 2019
  • In the 1860s, insects known as chinch bugs began devouring Wisconsin wheat crops — and farmers began looking for an alternative.
    Rick Barrett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2019
  • These types of nematodes are effective against a variety of pest species including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
    The Editors Of Organic Life, Good Housekeeping, 1 Mar. 2017
  • That fungus is active only in cool spring weather, so treatment would only be needed in April or May. Some people make the mistake of applying that fungicide for other problems, including gray leaf spot, brown patch and even chinch bugs.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 9 Jan. 2020
  • These types actually combat a variety of pest species, including weevils, clearwing borers, cutworms, sod webworms, chinch bugs, and white grubs.
    The Editors, Good Housekeeping, 1 July 2018
  • Imidacloprid is one of the better controls for chinch bugs, usually applied in midsummer when their damage first becomes evident.
    Neil Sperry, ExpressNews.com, 10 Oct. 2019

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