San Jose Scale | Weekly Crop Update

San Jose Scale in Peaches

September 3, 2021kgyoung

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu A photo of a young peach tree with San Jose Scale infested fruit came in last week. Fruit with scale on it will have red rings on the surface. The reddening is a reaction to… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crop Insect Scouting

May 1, 2020Emmalea Garver Ernest

David Owens, Extension Entomologist, owensd@udel.edu Between April 14 and 21, we captured our first San Jose Scale in an apple orchard near Bridgeville using pheromone traps but have not captured any since. Typically, male scales emerge around petal fall, and… Continue Reading →