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 ...

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 ...

My mugo pine has white things on the needles like paint flakes. Do I need to address this? That is pine needle scale, a native pest that also occurs on other pines and spruce. Scale insects hide under ...

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 ...

Giant pine scale is an exotic pest that kills pine trees and can be spread by humans. So far, it has felled nearly 1,400 trees in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs, with the state's forestry industry ...

My home has a long needle pine tree that has lost an excessive number of needles this season compared to previous years. I noticed that there is a white scale on the needles — both last years’ and the ...

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 ...

South Australia's $3 billion forestry industry says a pest that kills pine trees and is spread by humans needs to be eradicated. Giant pine scale was found in pine trees in the north-eastern Adelaide ...