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Avoid using harmful pesticides or practices that would inadvertently destroy beneficial insects, your first line of natural defense.

Apply treatments in the early morning or late afternoon when they are most active.

It has been shown to help in some cases because it may increase the larval activity.

Cutting turf prior to treatment aids in control because the insecticide will not have to penetrate as far to reach the armyworms.

If you're buying an insecticide in a retail store, make sure to consult the individual labels to a formula that can target armyworms.ĪCES offers these further tips if you're treating your lawn yourself: For a longer-lasting insecticide, look for the active ingredients Prevathon, Intrepid and Dimilin.

If you find more than two armyworms per square foot of yard when using the sweep net, they recommend cutting your grass and applying an insecticide.ĪCES says an insecticide applied before the armyworms molt into their last stage will be more effective.

The Alabama Cooperative Extension System (ACES) says a sweep net is an affordable way to find armyworms and can be borrowed at many extension county offices.