Lawn Diseases
Lawn Grubs: How and When to Kill Them
Ohio State treats above 10 grubs per square foot, Illinois at about 12. Below that, count and do nothing — curative products only work August to October.
Surface Insecticide (granular)
BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules Review
★★★☆☆ 2.6/5
our editor rating how we score4.5/5 from 2,328 shoppers at Amazon — their number, not ours.
$24–$29
Typical price · 10 lb treats up to 5,000 sq ft
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The clearest example on this shelf of a product whose name promises a job its chemistry is not the recommended tool for.
Our Verdict
The bag says Season Long Grub Control. The active is lambda-cyhalothrin, a synthetic pyrethroid — and the extension guidance we rely on does not put the pyrethroids in the grub column. Penn State lists them for ADULT scarab beetles feeding on foliage rather than for larvae, because pyrethroids are contact insecticides that bind tightly to thatch and soil organic matter and lose activity before reaching something feeding inches down. To be fair about what we do and do not know: the product is EPA-registered, and registration means efficacy data was submitted for its label claims. So we are not telling you it does nothing. We are telling you that the university turf programs recommending actives for white grubs name anthranilic diamides and neonicotinoids for prevention and organophosphates for cure, and this is none of those. For surface pests — the mole crickets and chinch bugs also on the bag — it is a reasonable granular product at a fair price.
Consider This Instead
Our rating above is what it is. If the limits we describe rule this out for your lawn, these rate higher for the same job — read them before you decide.
- Scotts GrubEx1
Our rating: 4.4/5$18–$24
The one product on this shelf that extension guidance actually names for grubs — and the one people most often apply too late to work.
Read the review → - BioAdvanced 24-Hour Grub Killer Plus
Our rating: 4.2/5$22–$30 (10 lb)
The retail trichlorfon product — the active MSU Extension names for CURATIVE grub control, applied late August or early September against grubs already feeding. Its counterpart, chlorantraniliprole, is preventive and belongs in May or June.
Read the review →
✅ Pros
- Genuinely effective on the surface feeders it lists, including mole crickets and chinch bugs
- Granular and ready-to-spread; no sprayer or mixing
- Long residual on treated surfaces
- Reasonable coverage for the price at 5,000 sq ft per bag
⚠️ Cons
- Named for grubs, but lambda-cyhalothrin is a pyrethroid and extension guidance does not list that class for larvae
- Pyrethroids bind to thatch and organic matter, so they do not reach the root zone where grubs feed
- Highly toxic to bees and aquatic life, applied as a whole-lawn treatment
- Half the coverage of cheaper granular pyrethroids at roughly triple the price
Product type
Surface Insecticide (granular)
Active ingredient
Lambda-cyhalothrin 0.1% (EPA Reg. No. 53883-223-92564)
Price range
$24–$29
Coverage
10 lb treats up to 5,000 sq ft
Best for
Surface pests like mole crickets and chinch bugs — not the grub job the name implies
our editor rating
2.6 out of 5
Where our facts come from
Label read on EPA's label database
EPA Reg. No. 53883-223-92564
We opened this product's accepted label on EPA's own Pesticide Product Label System — the strongest source available for what a product is registered to do.
What we found when we read it
EPA PPLS registry read 2026-08-02. Base registration 53883-223 is 'LAMBDA 0.1% INSECT GRANULES', lambda-cyhalothrin 0.1%, latest accepted label 2026-02-05. The number in this record adds distributor code 92564 (BioAdvanced), so the bottle is a distributor label of that base registration and may print a narrower site or pest list than the base allows. Percentage and active confirmed against the base registration; the distributor's own printed label has not been read.
Where this page and the container disagree, the container wins — the label is the legal authority on rates and restrictions. How to read one yourself.
Where This Product Matters
Matched against each state's actual disease, weed and pest pressure.
Alabama
Alabama hub →Mole crickets (Gulf Coast turf's own pest)Chinch bugs (St. Augustine)
Arkansas
Arkansas hub →Chinch bugsMole crickets (southern counties)
California
California hub →Sod webworms (lawn moths)
Colorado
Colorado hub →Sod webworms
Connecticut
Connecticut hub →Chinch bugs (sunny, dry, sandy strips — the shoreline and the road edge)Sod webworm
Delaware
Delaware hub →Chinch bugs (hot dry sand along drives, walks and the beach-town lots)Sod webwormMole crickets at the far southern edge, where the coastal plain starts behaving like the mid-Atlantic South
Florida
Florida hub →Southern chinch bugsMole cricketsTropical sod webworms
Georgia
Georgia hub →Chinch bugs (coastal St. Augustine)
Hawaii
Hawaii hub →Chinch bugs on St. Augustine
Idaho
Idaho hub →Sod webworm
Illinois
Illinois hub →Sod webwormsChinch bugs (sunny south-facing slopes)
Indiana
Indiana hub →Sod webwormsChinch bugs
Iowa
Iowa hub →Sod webworms
Kansas
Kansas hub →Chinch bugs, a perennial Kansas pest across essentially every turf type rather than a coastal or sandy-soil specialistSod webworm
Kentucky
Kentucky hub →Sod webwormsChinch bugs (dry sunny banks)
Louisiana
Louisiana hub →Southern chinch bugs (primarily a St. Augustine problem)Tropical sod webwormsMole crickets
Maine
Maine hub →Sod webwormChinch bugs (dry sandy strips along the coast and the river valleys)
Maryland
Maryland hub →Hairy chinch bugsSod webworms
Massachusetts
Massachusetts hub →Hairy chinch bugsSod webworms
Michigan
Michigan hub →Sod webworms
Minnesota
Minnesota hub →Sod webworms
Mississippi
Mississippi hub →Mole crickets (coastal counties)Chinch bugs (St. Augustine)
Missouri
Missouri hub →Sod webwormsChinch bugs (sunny southern slopes)
Montana
Montana hub →Sod webworm
Nebraska
Nebraska hub →Chinch bugsSod webworm
Nevada
Nevada hub →Sod webworms
New Hampshire
New Hampshire hub →Chinch bugs (dry sunny sand along the river valleys)Sod webworm
New Jersey
New Jersey hub →Sod webwormsChinch bugs
New Mexico
New Mexico hub →Chinch bugs in hot dry sandy strips, which describes most of the stateSod webworm
New York
New York hub →Chinch bugsSod webworms
North Carolina
North Carolina hub →Mole crickets (sandhills region)Sod webworms
North Dakota
North Dakota hub →Sod webworm
Ohio
Ohio hub →Hairy chinch bugsSod webworms
Oklahoma
Oklahoma hub →Chinch bugs
Oregon
Oregon hub →Sod webworms
Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania hub →Hairy chinch bugsSod webworms
Rhode Island
Rhode Island hub →Chinch bugs (South County sand and sunny road edges)Sod webworm
South Carolina
South Carolina hub →Mole crickets
South Dakota
South Dakota hub →Sod webworm
Tennessee
Tennessee hub →Sod webworms
Texas
Texas hub →Chinch bugs
Utah
Utah hub →Sod webworms
Vermont
Vermont hub →Sod webwormChinch bugs (dry sandy strips in the valleys)
Virginia
Virginia hub →Chinch bugsSod webworms
West Virginia
West Virginia hub →Sod webworm
Wisconsin
Wisconsin hub →Sod webworms
Wyoming
Wyoming hub →Sod webworm
Common questions
Common Questions
How much does BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules cost?
BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules typically runs $24–$29, covering 10 lb treats up to 5,000 sq ft.
What does BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules treat?
BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules targets Mole crickets, Chinch bugs, Southern chinch bugs, Sod webworms.
What is the active ingredient in BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules?
Lambda-cyhalothrin 0.1% (EPA Reg. No. 53883-223-92564), registered under EPA Reg. No. 53883-223-92564.
What is the biggest downside of BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control Granules?
Named for grubs, but lambda-cyhalothrin is a pyrethroid and extension guidance does not list that class for larvae
Does BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control kill Mole crickets?
The label for BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control lists Mole crickets, but our rating is 2.6/5 — so read the verdict above before buying. A label listing a use and a product delivering it are not the same claim, and the gap is what our rating is measuring.
Where can I read the label for BioAdvanced Season Long Grub Control?
The accepted label is linked from this page, and the product is EPA Reg. No. 53883-223-92564 — the number to search if the link ever moves. The label is the legal document; anything on this page that disagrees with it is wrong.
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