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

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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, ...

The vulnerable stage comes in late summer, when female scale insects give birth to live young. Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now. 86°F. Tuesday, June 17th 2025 eNewspaper.

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 ...

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.

"Insects are just the perfect laboratory for exploring handling fluids at the micro-scale," says Anne Staples, a fluid dynamicist at Virginia Tech who studies the mechanics of insect respiration ...

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 ...