Why are the trunks of my crape myrtles turning black? They look rather unsightly. Mine aren't the only ones doing this -- ...

The covering will be brown to black with a pale ring around it ( Fig ... 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 ...

SHREVEPORT, La. - Viburnum, a staple in many Louisiana landscapes, has been suffering from a common but alarming affliction.

According to the Clemson Cooperative Extension, the crapemyrtle bark scale ... The insect is eating away at the sugary phloem layer beneath the bark, and in turn, turning the trees black.

This honeydew will then eventually turn black as it is colonized by fungi ... from May to September and then dies. Like other scale insects, the first-instar (first-stage) nymphs have legs and ...

Long-term and large scale production is also possible ... cases the farmer has to spend money to produce the insects unlike in the case of black soldier flies. - The writer is a veterinary surgeon ...

responding to insect outbreaks following fires, windfall, and large-scale drought- or beetle-induced mortality events. Black-backed woodpeckers depend upon an unpredictable and ephemeral environment ...