• Generally, most pruning of trees and shrubs is best done in late winter. Spring-blooming shrubs should be pruned after ...

Williams: to any question that did not involve scale insects, his usual answer was ‘I’ll think about it’ ...

Because they're so tiny and hard to detect, scale insects are best banished from your trees by introducing their natural ...

2). Adult female covers are called tests (Fig. 3), and can be up to 2 mm wide with a central pale ring. The test is not attached to the body and can be peeled back to reveal the soft-bodied scale ...

He identified 1,500-8,000 specimens per year, and to questions that did not involve scale insects, his answer was: ‘I’ll think about it’ Douglas Williams, the entomologist, who has died aged ...

White, wooly adults (figure 1, 2) with pink to purple eggs underneath (Figure 3) can be seen in late spring. The first generation was observed in late May through early June using a hand lens or ...

Other insects provide humans with material goods such as honey (honey bees), silk (silk moths), dyes and shellac (scale insects), and tannic acid and inks (insect galls). Without insects ...

The invasive pest from Japan kills red pine trees, but it's unclear how pervasive it is on the northern New York landscape.