by mangoventures | Oct 15, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites
Earthworms are peculiar animals. From their seemingly endless varieties that make taxonomy incredibly difficult, to their mysterious regenerative abilities, they are very unusual. They should also not be considered a pest to golf courses by themselves. Earthworms...
by mangoventures | Sep 24, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites, Golf Courses
While we’ve talked about pests before, moles on golf courses are obviously a very different animal to chafer grubs or leatherjackets. However, they can still pose issues towards golf courses. Moles do not destroy individual blades of grass on a mass scale, but their...
by mangoventures | Aug 27, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites
This is the second part in a multi-part series focusing on methods to deal with parasites. If you wish to read the article that deals with leatherjackets, click here. As with the leatherjackets, the chafer grub is the larval form of an insect – in this case, the...
by mangoventures | Aug 13, 2021 | Golf Course Parasites, Golf Management
The lush green of a golf course is by far the most valuable asset a club has, and therefore the golf course parasites that can come to infest it are an existential threat to that club. Therefore, regulations that banned the previous pesticides used to remove these...
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