My dad's lawn man told him it's a fungus that is spreading here in Alabama. I lightly sprayed the yard with Daconil last week. Not sure if it's done any good because today I saw several new spots appearing in healthy grass. I'll take a picture tomorrow and post it. Some other parts of the lawn are a significantly darker green also. Going back to the spots. When I say dead spot, I mean dead. Everything in the spot is toast and is all a uniform orangish brown.

I think if the extension service will visit (in some area they won't), that would be a good piece of advice. If not, you may want to concider taking a sample to them.

I agree, it could save you a bunch of $$.

good luck,

They can cause damage in St Aug., but usually if it is healthy otherwise, it will be fine.

The only thing to remember is that st aug may not get as green as some of the other types of grass and that even within st. aug., different varieties will have varying shades of green.

You may want to make sure you are cutting at a proper height and fertilizing properly.

If my entomolgy is correct, spittle bugs have piercing/sucking mouthparts simmilar to chinch bugs. I haven't seen them do anywhere near the same damage as chinch bugs though.

I suppose in large enough numbers, they could account for a bit of yellowing.

Best wishes,