We enjoy magnolia trees for their beautiful early spring flowers, but in summer they sometimes get downright ugly. Gardeners may notice a fuzzy black coating on branches or a sticky glaze that ...

Insect life-cycle polymorphism : introduction / S. Masaki and W. Wipking -- Diversity and integration of life-cycle controls in insects / H.V. Danks -- Seasonal plasticity and life-cycle adaptations ...

I think I diagnosed the white material on the bark of my crapemyrtle as scale. There’s also black stuff on the bark that won’t come off. What can I do? You have a few options, ranging from tolerance ...

Scale insects (Hemiptera: Coccoidea) comprise a diverse assemblage of sedentary sap-feeding insects that exhibit remarkable morphological and ecological variation. Taxonomically they are divided into ...

Many people have a potted citrus plant or two that they keep indoors during the winter and move outdoors for the summer. It may be one of those dwarf trees that produce full-sized fruit. Or it could ...