Thank you—I am not an expert and I’m still learning! I just hate roundup and I don’t like seeing everything labeled a weed lol. But I do understand what you mean and I appreciate you replying as I’m still learning about gardening and soil/plant health. Do the organic herbicides like Captain Jacks help with these situations or do you have to use harsher ones?

It is late in the year for them, but the main reasons are chemicals people use on lawns as well as intense light pollution. I believe they nest underground over winter, so when people use chemicals for “weeds,” it hurts other living things. It is happening to many insects but there have been recent studies about lightning bugs in particular. Very sad :(

I always encourage people to not use chemicals if I’m able to even though I’ve been called “tree hugger.” A weed is only a weed because people call it that. For invasive species of plants, there are other options to remove them. There are also less hurtful options as well. Roundup is the worst. It’s sad but unfortunately it will probably get worse as more developments spring up constantly and there are so few areas with native plants and no chemicals.