Pest · 17 plants in our database

Scale insects

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 year

Scales and raised bumps on twigs; honeydew, sooty mould; white waxy egg threads, usually in early summer (yew scale).

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Bay laurelLaurus nobilis

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Caucasian stonecropSedum spurium

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Chinese wisteriaWisteria sinensisAll year

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Climbing hydrangeaHydrangea petiolarisAll year

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Common heatherCalluna vulgaris

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Common ivyHedera helixAll year

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Common oliveOlea europaea

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Golden rain treeKoelreuteria paniculataAll year

Shell-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 granatum

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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RosemarySalvia rosmarinusAll year

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Saw-toothed hydrangeaHydrangea serrata

Waxy scales on stems and leaves, sooty mould on honeydew.

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Silver lindenTilia tomentosa

Tiny brown scales on branches, sticky honeydew, weakening growth.

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Small-leaved limeTilia cordata

Tiny brown scales on branches, sticky honeydew, weakening growth.

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SweetgumLiquidambar styracifluaAll year

Shell-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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