Scale insects are the most common group of insects to weaken ornamental trees and shrubs in Pitt County. Scales are piercing, sucking insect pests. They feed on sugary plant sap. The waste of these ...

Garden staff are finding more scale insects and aphids than in past years. A major infestation of lecanium scale was recently found on a large planting of bald cypress at the Garden. The population of ...

Insect herbivores have caused more damage to plant matter from leaves in recent history than millions of years ago, according to a new study from a University of Maine postdoctoral researcher. Despite ...