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.
The Bermuda grass scale attacks Bermuda grass, but has also been found on other warm-season grasses and Tall fescue. Like so many other ungracious pests, it's not content with stealing juice from a plant. It has to suck away the good stuff, and leave behind a toxic secretion. Most of the time, proper water and fertilizer habits will mask Bermuda grass scale damage. This insect prefers thatchy areas near shade, so cultivation is also an option.