Scale insect problems are common this time of year throughout the Lowcountry. It is not surprising since this group of small immobile insects comprises over 18 genera, with thousands of species ...

Scale insects are rather unique in that they are immobile for most of their life cycle, and they show little resemblance to the usual form of insects. The soft scales, the group to which the brown ...

Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

Are your plant leaves speckled or covered with a black residue? Do plant stems have unusual bumps that resemble warts? Scale insects could be the culprit, so inspect leaves and stems carefully to see ...

If you're not familiar with scale, you've probably seen it and thought it was a disease rather than an insect. When an infestation gets going, the insects can cover an entire branch and look like ...

Spots on the leaves of plants in the home landscape can be an indication of a hazardous condition for commonly used shrubs. Armored scale is a class of insect pest found on many plants used in Leon ...