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 ... feeding via piercing-sucking mouthparts until she lays eggs ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...

similar to scale insects. They feed by inserting a sharp feeding tube (proboscis) into your plants and sucking out nutrients. They occur in colonies, with eggs, larvae (called “nymphs”), and ...