What’s Hot HL Issue 15


Damage caused by juniper scale. Photo by: Joseph LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.

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

Pine needle scale adults. Photo by: Brytten Steed, US Forest Service, Bugwood.org.


Spring tails (Collembola) found in moist areas, duff under trees or shrubs, and thatch layer of lawns. Photo by: Susan Ellis, Bugwood.org.

A different species of spring tail. Photo by: Ernest C. Bernard, The University of Tennessee, Bugwood.org.


Hairy chinch bug damage to a lawn. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Short wing and long wing forms of adult hairy chinch bugs. Photo courtesy of Dr. Dave Shetlar, The Ohio State University.

Insect Hotline Issue 6


Euonymus scale infestaion. Photo by: John A. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org.


Euonymus scale infestation. Males are thin, white, ‘fluffy’ and females are brownish oyster-shaped. Photo by: Edward L. Manigault, Clemson University Donated Collection, Bugwood.org.

Close up of male and female euonymus scales. Females are the brownish oyster-shaped scales. Photo by: Lisa Ames, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org.