本省地處亞熱帶地區終年高溫多濕，有利於病蟲害之孳生繁殖。近年來由於大面積栽培草坪之故，伴隨而來的草坪害蟲問題亦日趨複雜。就其中具代表性之害蟲有斜紋液盜、球菜夜蛾、金龜子幼蟲、蟋蟀和螻蛄。本文就上述關鍵害蟲之形態、生態和為害習性作扼要之說明，並討論其防治方法，希望提供之淺見，對草坪之防治有所助益。

Turfgrass is extensively grown throughout the whole island of Taiwan for home lawns, parks and golf courses in recent years and is attacked by a variety of insects. Insects damage turfgrass in many ways and at many stages. Some damage turfgrass by feeding or sucking sap from the roots and leaves. Others cause damages by burrowing in the soil and cutting the roots. Some may transmit the causal agents of turfgrass diseases. The major soil inhabiting insects in Taiwan are the grubs ( larvae of Anomala cupripes Hope and A. expansa Bates), crickets (Brachytrupes portentosus Lichtenstein) and mole crickets (Gryllotalpa africana Palisot de Beauvais). Surface feeding insects include tobacco cutworm (Spodoptera litura ( Fab.)), blaek cu tworm (Agrotis ypsilon Rottenberg). The presrnt review describes briefly the morphology, ecology and life history of the abovementioned key pests of turfgrass in Taiwan, ROC. And, the combination of naturally occuring biological control agents ( parasitoids, predators, pathogens, plant resistance), other approaches ( trapping crop, light trap, pheromone trap) and chemical control into a unified and corrdinated effort for integrated turfgass insects control scheme is also discussed .