For whatever reason, my office has seen an explosion of homeowners bringing in branches covered in cottony maple scale. I ...

A phids are one pest that make every gardener sigh as they return continuously. They're extremely common and don't ...

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What comes to mind when you think of beneficial insects in your yard? Observant gardeners will often name one of the ...

MacCubbin gives Florida gardening advice about crape myrtles, summer vegetables, lemon trees, tomato plants, indoor palms and ...

It’s a scale insect that attaches to the bark of a crapemyrtle. If you have a crapemyrtle in your landscape, now would be a good time to check on it to see if there are signs of this bark scale.

ODIONGAN, Romblon (PIA) — The province of Romblon has remained free from coconut scale insect (CSI) infestation since 2019, ...

For scale insects, their waste is in the form of a sticky excretion called “honeydew” that can quickly build up on leaves. Aphids, another common type of sap-feeding insect, ...

Beauty and the bugs. Article by Molly Schafer Photos by Michele Walfred and courtesy of UD Cooperative Extension; Jim Robbins, University of Arkansas Cooperative Extension; Bugwood.org; and Mengmeng ...

Scale insects are most noticeable in late spring and summer, when they appear as whitish lumps up to ½-inch long on the branches. In severe infestations, ...

The rare 3,800-year-old textile fragments that were dyed with insects of the species Kermes vermilio in antiquity. The fragments were found in 2016 in the Cave of Skulls in the Judaean Desert.

The crape myrtle bark scale, an invasive insect, is less well-known. First spotted in Delaware in 2020, the bug threatens the beauty of these beloved trees. The pest is now active in Sussex and Kent ...