Insect Hotline Issue 9


Fletcher scale and eggs. Photo by: Tracy Wooten, Sussex County Extension Agent-Horticulture, University of Delaware.

Lecanium scale (Fletcher scale) on bald cypress. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware


Lecanium scale on oak. Photo by: Andrew J. Boone, South Carolina Forestry Commission, Bugwood.org.

Disease Hotline Issue 8

Both pictures above could be caused by Spiny witchhazel aphid or psyllids on river birch. Photos by: Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician, University of Delaware.


Close-up of ash rust. Photo by: Nancy Gregory, Plant Diagnostician, University of Delaware.

What’s Hot HL Issue 8


Woolly beech aphid infestation. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Woolly beech aphids. Photo by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.

Imported willow leaf beetle larvae. Photo by: Paul Weston, Cornell University, Bugwood.org.

Imported willow leaf beetle adults. Photo by: David Cappaert, Michigan State University, Bugwood.org.

Insect Hotline Issue 8


Azalea bark scale. Photo by: Clemson University – USDA Cooperative Extension Slide Series, , Bugwood.org.

Azalea bark scale. Photo by: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org.

Azalea leafminer. Photo by: Natasha Wright, Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, Bugwood.org.

Whitefly on azalea. Photo taken by: Brian Kunkel, Ornamentals IPM Specialist, University of Delaware.