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This Entomology Insect Note discusses how to identify and manage common armored scale insects that feed on ornamental plants in landscapes and nurseries.
Gloomy scale is an armored scale insect pest of ornamental trees, most commonly red maple trees. These pests are much more abundant and damaging in urban landscapes than natural forests. This insect note describes an integrated pest management approach to identifying, monitoring, and managing these pests.
This factsheet, part of Insect and Related Pests of Flowers and Foliage Plants, discusses identifying scale insects in commercial flower and plant production.
This Entomology Insect Note describes the biology and control of tea scale, an insect pest of camellias and hollies.
This Entomology Insect Note describes brown soft scale, a common insect pest on trees, shrubs and indoor plants.
Crapemyrtle bark scales are wide spread disfiguring pests of crape myrtles in landscapes.
This factsheet describes the biology of the azalea bark scale, Eriococcus azaleae, and provides residential management recommendations.
This PDIC factsheet describes the biology and management of the white peach scales, Pseudaulacaspis pentagona.
Japanese maple scale is an exotic, armored scale insect pest of several ornamental trees and shrubs, most commonly in urban landscapes. This insect factsheet provides an integrated pest management approach to identifying, monitoring, and managing Japanese maple scale.
This factsheet describes the biology of the barnacle scale, Ceroplastes cirripediformis, and provides residential management recommendations.
This Entomology Insect Note describes the biology and control of euonymus scale, insect pests of euonymus, pachysandra and celastrus in North Carolina.
This factsheet describes the biology of the pine needle scale insects, Chionaspis pinifoliae, and provides residential management recommendations.
This publication describes the symptoms, life cycle and control of the elongate hemlock scale, a pest that causes white, waxy spots on the upper surface of Christmas tree needles.
A foundation of IPM in urban landscapes is to put the right plant in the right place. This reduces plant stress and thus the long term costs of pest management. Impervious surface cover is linked to red maple condition and scale insect infestations. This publication describes impervious surface thresholds to use when selecting sites for planting red maples in urban landscapes.
This factsheet describes the biology and management of the San Jose scale, Quadraspidiotus perniciosus, a destructive pest of apple, cherry, peach, pear, prune, and other tree fruits.
This factsheet describes the biology of the Magnolia scale, Neolecanium cornuparvum, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet describes the biology of the pine tortoise scale insect, Toumeyella parvicornis, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet describes the biology of the palmetto scale, Comstockiella sabalis, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet describes the biology of the boisduval scale, Diaspis boisduvalii, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet describes the biology of the bifasciculate scale insect, Chrysomphalus bifasciculatus, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet, part of the publication Insect and Related Pests of Shrubs publication, includes an identification key and descriptions of pests in gardenia.
This Entomology Insect Note describes the biology and control of hemispherical scale, an insect pest of many flowering trees and shrubs, as well as greenhouse plants.
This factsheet describes the biology of the latania scale insect, Hemiberlesia lataniae, and provides residential management recommendations.
This Entomology Insect Note describes the biology and control of cottony maple leaf scale, Pulvinaria innumerabilis, an insect pest that feeds primarily on maple and dogwoods in North Carolina.
This factsheet describes the biology of the striped pine scale insect, Toumeyella pini, and provides residential management recommendations.
Impervious surface cover increases tree stress and reduces tree condition. We developed an impervious surface threshold to help tree care professionals select planting sites where red maples will thrive. In this publication we describe how to estimate impervious surface cover, on site, with the Pace to Plant technique.
This factsheet describes the biology of the camellia scale, Lepidosaphes camelliae, and provides residential management recommendations.
This factsheet describes the life cycle and control of the pine tortoise scale, insects which accelerate the development of an unsightly black fungus on Christmas trees.
This factsheet describes the biology of the yellow scale insect, Aonidiella citrina, and provides residential management recommendations.
This Entomology Insect Note discusses obscure scale, which can infest oaks as well as beech, dogwood, hickory, maple, and willow.
This factsheet describes the biology of spinose scales, Oceanaspidiotus spinosus, also called spined scales and avocado scales.
This factsheet describes the biology of the tuliptree scale insect, oumeyella liriodendri, a pest of magnolia and tulip trees.
This factsheet describes the biology of the Cottony Azalea Scale, Pulvinaria ericicola, and provides residential management recommendations.
