Insect Hotline Issue 19

Yellow spotting or banding caused by Cryptomeria scale.

Ants attracted to the honeydew produced by Tuliptree scale (soft scale).

Magnolia scales on Star magnolia (notice the scale in the upper right corner has been chewed open by a beneficial insect--probably a lady beetle).

Holly infested with white prunicola scale. All photos provided by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Insect Hotline Issue 25

White prunicola scale adults on holly. Photo provided by: B. A. Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

European hornet and damage. Photo provided by: Louis-Michel Nageleisen, Département de la Santé des Forêts, Bugwood.org

What's Hot HL Issue 12

Dogwood borer male. Photo provided by: James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Dogwood borer female. Photo provided by: James Solomon, USDA Forest Service, Bugwood.org

Redheaded flea beetle damage on forsythia. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

Redheaded flea beetle adult. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

White prunicola scale adult males on holly. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Extension Specialist, University of Delaware

Fourlined plant bug feeding damage. Photo provided by: Whitney Cranshaw, Colorado State University, Bugwood.org

Fourlined plant bug adult. Photo provided by: Johnny N. Dell, Bugwood.org

Insect Hotline Issue 25

White prunicola scale on holly.

White prunicola scale on lilac.

White prunicola scale on holly. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.