It looks like lice on your trees. Unprecedented infestations of pine needle scale — a native insect that eats the needles of pine, spruce and fir trees — are on the rise on private lands in the High ...
Dale Monette, Quabbin program coordinator, looked out the window of the Visitor's Center at mist rising from the Quabbin Reservoir that lay as calm as a mill pond. The 25-year veteran of the state ...
LAKE GEORGE — Invasive experts are asking the public to be on the lookout for a new invasive pest found last year in the Lake George region. Red pine scale, an insect native to Japan, was found on ...
An exotic pest originating in Greece and Turkey is threatening Australia's $1 billion softwood plantation industry. The giant pine scale is causing "fairly significant" damage to pine, fir and spruce ...
VAIL – A tiny bug – other than the infamous pine beetle – is causing some big problems for trees in Vail.The town of Vail has hired an arborist to spray 450 Colorado spruce trees that have been ...
Alias: Pine needle scale. Oftentimes, newly cut Christmas trees will have a frosted look to them, but if that frost doesn’t melt when brought inside, it may be pine needle scale. The eggs winter with ...
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A microscopic insect is threatening New York’s red pines. Red pine scale feeds on the tree’s nutrients, forming white tufts at needle bases and branch tips. Experts are urging ...