Protect your houseplants and garden from these pests.

SHREVEPORT, La. - Viburnum, a staple in many Louisiana landscapes, has been suffering from a common but alarming affliction. Homeowners may notice a black, waxy buildup covering their plants, sparking ...

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

Williams: to any question that did not involve scale insects, his usual answer was ‘I’ll think about it’ Douglas Williams, the entomologist, who has died aged 101, was a pioneer in scale insect ...

NORTH CAROLINA, N.C. (WTVD) -- An invasive insect species is posing a serious threat to a popular kind of tree in the Carolinas. The Crape Myrtle Bark Scale is a felt scale insect that has a main diet ...

One of the rottenest pests gardeners get on their plants are Pseudococcus longispinus, or any of its close relatives. Longispinus derived from the word meaning “with a long spine or tail”, so we’re ...

Mentor(s): Zheng Li, Ph.D. The extensive production of wax is a key innovation that has promoted the protection of scale insects (Ross et al. 2009). Wax biosynthesis is controlled through the ...