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 ...

A crape myrtle bark scale infestation attacks a tree. Video: Chelsea Brasted/Axios The destructive creepy-crawlies known as ...

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 ...

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, ...

I was asked about scale damage to trees. Scales, relatives of aphids and whiteflies, suck plant juices out of many types of ...

Spots on the leaves of plants in the home landscape can be an indication of a hazardous condition for commonly used shrubs. Armored scale is a class of insect pest found on many plants used in Leon ...

Last week I wrote about soft versus armored scale insects. Soft scales exude honeydew, are protected by ants and can be ...

As I mentioned in my last column about hibiscus, many pests can feed on hibiscus making this a very high maintenance choice ...

There are many types of scale insects that potentially can become a pest on a number of landscape plants in North Florida. But the home gardener may not recognize these small-scale critters as insects ...

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 ...