Pest · 17 plants in our database
Scale insects

Which plants
Where you will find it.
Signs and protection differ by plant — the exact steps are on each plant’s page.
Anglojapanese yewTaxus × mediaAll yearScales and raised bumps on twigs; honeydew, sooty mould; white waxy egg threads, usually in early summer (yew scale).
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Bay laurelLaurus nobilisWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Caucasian stonecropSedum spuriumWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Chinese wisteriaWisteria sinensisAll yearWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Climbing hydrangeaHydrangea petiolarisAll yearWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Common heatherCalluna vulgarisWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Common ivyHedera helixAll yearWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Common oliveOlea europaeaWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Golden rain treeKoelreuteria paniculataAll yearShell-like bumps on shoots and the underside of leaves, sticky honeydew with black sooty mould on it; with heavy infestation, weak growth.
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PomegranatePunica granatumWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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RosemarySalvia rosmarinusAll yearWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Saw-toothed hydrangeaHydrangea serrataWaxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.
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Silver lindenTilia tomentosaTiny brown scales on branches, sticky honeydew, weakening growth.
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Small-leaved limeTilia cordataTiny brown scales on branches, sticky honeydew, weakening growth.
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SweetgumLiquidambar styracifluaAll yearShell-like bumps on shoots and the underside of leaves, sticky honeydew with black sooty mould on it; with heavy infestation, weak growth.
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