Are your plant leaves speckled or covered with a black residue? Do plant stems have unusual bumps that resemble warts? Scale insects could be the culprit, so inspect leaves and stems carefully to see ...

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 ...

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 ...

Scale is often mistaken for a disease, but it's actually an insect that latches onto a plant and forms a protective shell so ...

Q: 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? A: From the pictures you sent me, we know that the black ...

A scale insect infestation is a sign that a tree is in poor health, making it susceptible to the tiny insects. Pixabay photo Scale insects are sneaky little devils that often go unnoticed by gardeners ...

Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 104, No. 2 (June 2021), pp. 84-95 (12 pages) Armored scales and their parasitoids were collected and identified from avocado orchards in 2 municipalities of the state of ...

The Florida Entomologist, Vol. 107, Special Issue: Invasive Species Records and Updates (2024), pp. 1-5 (5 pages) Chinese tallow tree (Triadica sebifera [L.] Small) (Malpighiales: Euphorbiaceae) is ...

AMHERST, Mass. - Benjamin Normark, professor of biology at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, was recently selected as a Fulbright scholar and will spend the fall 2016 semester in Mexico ...