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 ...

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 ...

If you have noticed something that looks like popcorn on the leaves of your tree, you may have a case of Cottony Maple Scale. This insect is brown and flat with an oval body. They usually go unnoticed ...

We have had many examples of this kind. The best one is perhaps the white fluted or cottony scale which once threatened the complete, speedy, and absolute extinction of the orangeand lemon-growing ...

If you're not familiar with scale, you've probably seen it and thought it was a disease rather than an insect. When an infestation gets going, the insects can cover an entire branch and look like ...

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 ...

Q: All of the magnolias in my yard have cottony white growths on a lot of the branches that seem to be dripping a liquid. I saw this on one tree last summer, but this year it is covering all of my ...