Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

Since they overwinter, you can scout for them at any time of the year. Carefully peel back the top coat of the scale to identify if it is still alive. Alive, they will be pink, orange or light ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Williams: to any question that did not involve scale insects, his usual answer was ‘I’ll think about it’ Douglas Williams, the ...

Spring beauty is fleeting, and so is the opportunity to stop scale insects that live on the bark of magnolia trees and suck their sap. “With scale insects, timing is everything,” said Sharon Yiesla, ...

MANY years ago I was an industrious collector of scale insects and mealy-bugs, especially in Jamaica. I found them in great abundance on cultivated plants, and obtained many species. When recently ...

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 insect problems are common this time of year throughout the Lowcountry. It is not surprising since this group of small immobile insects comprises over 18 genera, with thousands of species ...

Question: Everything under one of my large potted plants on the patio is turning black. What isn't black is sticky. What is wrong with this plant? Answer: From the pictures you sent me, we know that ...