Tiny white moths

What kind of grass? Where are you located?

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What kind of grass? Where are you located?

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St Augustine. Nola metro area.

In past few weeks, I’ve seen maybe a small moth or two but didn’t really think anything of it.

Today was very noticeable. Maybe 20-30 or so.

I had all kind of little brown bugs flying around today when I cut and sitting on my walls when I got done. Almost looked like mosquitoes, maybe they were.

Web Worms, hit it with BT (Bacillus thuringiensis) LINK

That was probably midges. People often confuse them with mosquitoes

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sod webworms

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Easy to kill OP. Its actually the larvae that eat your grass. The moths are just the adults that lay the eggs.

Throw anything you have as soon as possible.

Generally a granular is better because there are already eggs and the eggs may not hatch for a couple days when the spray has been washed away, and the cycle is repeated.

But I just spray every week or so with Talstar as that's what I have. Knocks them back until i get them under control.

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Is this typical time for the moths? (late summer)

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Yes - July, August, September - look at this LSU AgCenter sod web worm fact sheet that has a calendar that shows when lawn injury is most prevalent. LINK

Sod web worms yard doing work in your yard

I’ve seen them over the last couple days. The larvae will be out soon, at which time I’ll destroy them before they do irrecoverable damage.