Michigan State University entomologist Dave Smitley predicted in May an outbreak of cottony maple scale in Midland, Saginaw and other localities that have mosquito spray programs. Mosquito spray ...

Q. I was wondering what you can tell me about cottony maple scale. I have it on my silver maple tree. I am finding out that there is a large outbreak in northern Illinois this year. Many people are ...

Q: Every June for several years now, our two Norway maples have a soft, sticky white "critter" that looks like a wrinkled snow flake and milky stick substance. This lasts a couple of weeks. This year ...

Pulvinaria scale is a broad term for any species of scale in, or formerly in, the genus Pulvinaria. This includes the cottony maple scale (formerly Pulvinaria innumerabilis, now Neopulvinaria ...

Cottony scale insects are feeding on this maple branch. (Brian Kunkel, Bugwood.org) Q: I have a maple tree that's lost all of its leaves the past two summers. When I looked at the bare branches this ...

Alias: Cottony maple scale. This is the most un-bug-like insect you will come across. Quite often it is mistaken as some sort of fungus or scab that grows on the side of a plant. The female nymphs of ...

A contractor hired by the Niles Department of Public Works is currently spraying parkway trees in an effort to prevent Cottony Maple Scale and the Honeylocust Plant bug infestations. Every spring, the ...

An interesting pest is infesting trees in the area, covering them with tiny puffs of cotton. It is cottony maple scale. This insect creates egg sacks that look like quarter- to half-inch-long balls of ...

Q. I have a slimy green plant in the gravel of my driveway. It is spreading. What is it? — Beverly in Shandakan A. It is liverwort. It is estimated that there are 10,000 species of liverworts. Some of ...

Maple trees in urban environments show signs of stress due to the urban heat island effect. Impervious surfaces like pavement retain heat and disrupt water absorption, stressing trees and making them ...