Alias: Cottony maple scale. This is the most un-bug-like insect you will come across. Quite often it is mistaken as some sort of fungus or scab that grows on the side of a plant. The female nymphs of ...

Michigan State University entomologist Dave Smitley predicted in May an outbreak of cottony maple scale in Midland, Saginaw and other localities that have mosquito spray programs. Mosquito spray ...

For whatever reason, my office has seen an explosion of homeowners bringing in branches covered in cottony maple scale. I believe 100% of the cases to be on either silver maple (Acer saccharinum) or ...

An odd-looking scale insect with strings of eggs that wrap around branches has been named as the first new garden pest of the year, plant experts have said. The cotton stringy scale - or takahashia ...

Question: I am having a problem with my Meyer lemon trees. I bought the tree last spring and didn't seem to have any problems all summer long. Shortly after moving the trees in for the winter, I began ...

Q: Every June for several years now, our two Norway maples have a soft, sticky white "critter" that looks like a wrinkled snow flake and milky stick substance. This lasts a couple of weeks. This year ...

Q: Last year, we bought a Meyer lemon and planted it in a large pot. We got more than 30 lemons off this little tree. I noticed a lot of sap near the base of the tree, then a bunch of furry little ...

Q:My 8-year-old daughter would like to identify something we found on the branch of a lemon tree (see photo). It is striking how these mimic the blossoms. For scale, the lemon is 7.5 centimeters in ...