A close look will reveal yellowed tips on the grass and twisted leaves. The damage is worse during hot, dry weather when the grass is under stress. This mite only damages Bermuda grass. The Bermuda grass mite sucks the juice out of the plant and leaves behind a toxic secretion, causing even more damage. While some new grass strains are increasingly resistant, the Bermuda grass mite does not like extended wet periods, regardless of the lawn type.
Fungicides can also be effective.
As these mites can spread with grass clippings, mulching your grass is a good preventive practice. They have a whitish cover that looks like a miniature clam shell. The hungry insect underneath the cover is pinkish and soft. Damage from Bermuda grass scale is easy to mistake for drought stress, but a closer look shows infected areas that are encrusted with the tiny white shells. Heavy infestations can get so thick they look like the shingles on the roof of a house.