26-08-2021 23:23 via calgary.ctvnews.ca

Small insects causing big problems in southeast Calgary

Southeast Calgary homeowners have a new thing to worry about that isn't porch pirates, wandering coyotes or hail stones. They're called chinch bugs and they are attacking lawns in the southeast communities of Douglasdale, McKenzie Lake and Cranston.  Nutri-Lawn general manager Mike House said the pests have a voracious appetite. "They actually suck the juice out of the grass blades and kind of like a mosquito they inject a toxin into the grass blade which kills," said House. "And they're in
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