spot the problem. There is no need to remove your trees if you find the insect. The problem can be treated very effectively, and treatment is necessary. While the bark scale insects will not kill ...

In my experience, one season of treatment typically eradicates magnolia scale — but 2025 may be an exception. Scale is one of the largest soft-scale insects that attacks trees by sucking plant ...

The scale insects attach themselves to the leaves and ... they need monitoring but probably not treatment. The scales tend to be more numerous on trees that are already under stress from causes ...

The scale insect infestation creates conditions that ... If the fungal infection has already started, a fungicide treatment ...

"The scale insect pierces the plant and sucks out nutrients ... containing imidacloprid or dinotefuran." Wilson likened the treatment to a booster shot for the plant, explaining that one ...

Scale insects, like the crape myrtle bark scale ... “Crape myrtle bark scale does not harm the overall health of the trees and may not need treatment,” Kunkel said. “Natural predators, lady beetles ...

The scale itself will not kill the plants. However, the sooty mold is the real problem. The more insects ... nor for a second treatment at the later date you listed in your note, therefore ...

Dear Neil: Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? It’s not as bad as it was a few years ago, but I’d like to eliminate it. As insects in Texas go, this is a comparative ...

I got an email with some pictures a few years ago asking me about magnolia scale, which is a topic I have written about for a number of years. I feel confident the insect was magnolia scale.