Sunstate's Premiere Lawn Management Program
Having a lawn you can admire and "show off" is always a pleasure.
Having a lawn technician who can achieve this for you is a greater pleasure.
Having a company with 29 years of proven experience and a 100% satisfaction guaranteed service.
Well, we believe that says it all!
Lawns are the most visible aspect of what we do. Having NO signs of termites and NO signs of bugs are the guaranteed results of our other services. But when it comes to lawns we get to "Show Off" what we do. Our Premiere Lawn Management Program MUST show results and we must show them as quickly as possible!
If your lawn does not look beautiful then we will not be able to add new customers on your street. We will not get referrals from you and we will not grow,
Sunstate Pest Managements has put forth much time and effort into our research throughout the industry in order to formulate a treatment designed for Florida's various types of soil and weather conditions, Sunstate Pest Management has put together a proactive granular program rather than the 
common remedial spray approach and we have adopted the Best Management Practices, which incorporate the new Florida Lawn Management Laws. The products we use are time-released micro nutrients that have a much longer defense and nourishment span. Sunstate's Premier Lawn Management Program will build a much healthier lawn for our valued customers while preventing weeds, insects and fungus from taking over and destroying your law,.
Commercial Services
Sunstate Pest Management services many commercial properties and in most cases we work together with the lawn mowing and landscape contractor as a partnership in order to achieve the best results at an affordable rate for our customers. We extend the same 100% satisfaction guarantee to our commercial customers as we do to our residential customers.
We at Sunstate Pest Management take great pride in our services and welcome you to contact us for a free estimate.
Allow Sunstate Pest Management the opportunity to "SHOW OFF" your lawn.
Insects in/on/under your lawn
Armyworms
The larvae feed at night on grass blades. The caterpillars feed on a variety of plants. Notably, warm-season grasses such as bermudagrass, St. Augustinegrass and some others are commonly attacked. Among the cool-season grasses, bluegrass, ryegrass, fine fescue and bentgrass are preferred cool-season turfgrasses. During the day the larvae hide in silk-lined tunnels or burrows at or slightly into the soil surface. Some species damage plant crowns or roots as well as blades. Heavy infestations may seriously damage large areas of turf. Look for dew sparkling on the webs in the early morning or at dusk. Use the flotation method to force the caterpillars to the surface, where they can be counted
Chinchbugs
The hairy chinch bug prefers turfgrass species such as fine fescues, perennial ryegrasses, Kentucky bluegrass, bentgrass and zoysiagrass. The common chinch bug prefers grain crops such as sorghum, corn and wheat but will attack turfgrasses such as Bermudagrass, fescues, Kentucky bluegrass, perennial ryegrass, zoysiagrass and crabgrass.
Infestations of southern chinch bug are often related to drought conditions or non uniform irrigation. Populations can often be brought under control by correcting non-uniform irrigation distribution and beginning regular irrigation. Population decline and turf recovery are usually the result of a combination of chinch bugs being infected with the fungus disease, Beauveria, and vigorous turf growth.
Earthworms
Earthworms are a good thing. They are like natural aerators/fertilizers of our soil. In fact Aristotle called them the "intestines of the earth." Earthworms are important soil organisms that aid in the decomposition of plant litter, such as the thatch layer, and in recycling of nutrients.
One important thing that earthworms do is to plow the soil by tunneling through it. Their tunnels provide the soil with passageways through which air and water can circulate, and that's important because soil microorganisms and plant roots need air and water items as much as we do. Without some kind of plowing, soil becomes compacted, air and water can't circulate in it, and plant roots can't penetrate it
Fire Ants
Fire ant mounds can be enormous. It used to be that each nest had but one queen, buried up to 25' underground and supported by a complex network of other ants performing an amazing array of tasks. Now mounds are often found with multiple queens, presumably as a reaction to chemical pesticides. Those queens willing to share, have more successful colonies since it is harder to kill multiple queens than just one, and therefore their genes are passed along to their offspring. Worker ants live only a few months, but the queens live two years, producing about a thousand eggs a day.
Grubs
White grubs are the larval stage of many different beetles, including the Japanese beetle. The grubs live below ground and feed on the roots of tender grass plants that soon kills the plant. They are most destructive mid-late summer, but the damage they cause may not show up until early fall and by then, it's too late.
The best time to control grubs is in early summer, just after they hatch. At this time they are very susceptible to treatment and just before they start causing extensive damage to your lawn.
Mole Crickets
Mole crickets feed at night during warm weather and after rain showers or irrigation. They come to the surface and feed on organic material, including grass, and other small organisms, including insects. During the day, and during periods of drought, they remain in their burrows, often for long periods of time.
Like fire ants, we can not eradicate mole crickets. They are with us to stay. And like all other insects, we really cannot control them, we can only manage them so that they stay within tolerable population levels.
Sod Webworm / Moth
Adult sod webworms, called lawn moths, are typical snout moths: they have sensory appendages called labial palps that extend in front of the head. The moth holds its wings close to and over its body at rest, giving it a slender appearance. When disturbed, the moth makes a short flight close to the grass. At night, these moths drop their eggs indiscriminately on to turf. The creamy larvae have a distinctive double row of brown or black spots down their backs, located at the base of long bristles. The Lucerne moth larva is somewhat larger than the other sod webworm larvae. During the day larvae reside in silk-lined burrows, writhing when disturbed. At night they emerge to feed.