Some biologists speculate that animals will get smaller with global warming to reduce heat stress. While this may be true of warm-blooded animals, what about exotherms like insects? Thanks to a ...

The Cooperative Extension Plant Clinic can provide information on scale insect control, urban tree care, and other ...

Fortunately, the name on this one is exactly what it is. It’s a scale insect that attaches to the bark of a crapemyrtle. If you have a crapemyrtle in your landscape, now would be a good time to ...

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 ...

Scale insects’ fascinating natural history may ... like the moth flies and drain flies they’re related to, have a complete life cycle that includes a larval stage. The little grubs or maggots ...