Scale bugs, or scale insects, are small sap-sucking pests that can be a problem in the garden during the spring and summer ...

Q. What are these weird white things on my citrus trees? They don’t seem like they’re moving, but they sure do attract ants!

3), and can be up to 2 mm wide with a central pale ring. The test is not attached to the body and can be peeled back to reveal the soft-bodied scale insect (Fig.3). Spends winter as a female beneath ...

Many gardeners, as well as the horticulturists at the Chicago Botanic Garden, had issues with magnolia scale last year, and it’s a pest to watch closely for in 2025. The Garden’s plant health ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...