Scale on juniper. Published: Aug. 14, 2007, 1:50 a.m. By . bdegroff; Q. Several low evergreen bushes have a white substance on their needles. The bushes look bad and are thinning.

The four common nationwide insect problems on junipers are aphids, bagworms, scale insects and spider mites. Aphids are visible and leave the branches sticky and covered in black sooty mold.

Late last fall, about 20 federal scientists toured southeastern Utah, prodding sickly and dead juniper trees, peeling back bark, snapping off branches and digging the dirt around root collars in ...

A: Scales are unique insects, and there are many varieties. Euonymus scales, like most scale varieties, are pests to a particular plant species. These insects tend to occur repeatedly and can be ...

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