Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants. “Scales are tiny insects that appear rounded and flat with a waxy coating, like a little shield,” says Alejandro ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In Wilmington one doesn’t have to look hard to find a stressed maple tree - bare twigs, early leaf drop, and lichen in the canopy ...

We enjoy magnolia trees for their beautiful early spring flowers, but in summer they sometimes get downright ugly. Gardeners may notice a fuzzy black coating on branches or a sticky glaze that ...

The white cycad aulacaspis scale infests cycad leaves to cause early leaf death. A new study has shown that the infestations also increase the speed of leaf litter decomposition. A study published in ...

Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) comprise a diverse assemblage of sedentary sap-feeding insects that exhibit remarkable morphological and ecological variation. Taxonomically they are divided into ...

Contribution no. 60, Entomology Section, Division of Plant Industry. "A revision of the section on armored scale insects found in F. B. Merrill's publication, 'A revision of the scale-insects of ...

Last week I wrote about soft versus armored scale insects. Soft scales exude honeydew, are protected by ants and can be controlled by systemic insecticides, some of which have the active ingredient ...

Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

Maple trees in urban environments show signs of stress due to the urban heat island effect. Impervious surfaces like pavement retain heat and disrupt water absorption, stressing trees and making them ...

Contribution no. 60, Entomology Section, Division of Plant Industry. "A revision of the section on armored scale insects found in G.B. Merrill's publication, 'A ...