Sago palms are relatively free of pests. The one to be most concerned about is scale, which forms a white or gray crust, and there also are occasional infestations of mealybugs. Consult your local ...

if you notice brown spots or streaking, you could have a pest problem. While these plants are not prone to pest problems generally, sap-sucking scale insects do like a sago palm. So do spider ...

I had a problem with scale on my sago plants. I've pruned out most of ... Scale has been a persistent problem here, with both the more common white scale and the Asian cycad scale commonly found.