Scale insects can be difficult to identify. At a first glance, they look like small bumps on the stems of leaves of your plants, making them easy to mistake as part of the plant itself. But beneath ...

BACOLOD CITY—The General Alliance of Workers Associations (GAWA) on Thursday called for immediate and direct government ...

Since they overwinter, you can scout for them at any time of the year. Carefully peel back the top coat of the scale to identify if it is still alive. Alive, they will be pink, orange or light ...

At least 16,019 hectares of sugar farms on Negros Island, mostly in Negros Occidental, are affected by red-striped soft scale insect (RSSI) reinfestation ...

Scale insects are one of the most common and tenacious pest of ornamental plants. “Scales are tiny insects that appear rounded and flat with a waxy coating, like a little shield,” says Alejandro ...

BACOLOD CITY—A massive insect infestation threatening thousands of hectares of sugarcane plantations in the Visayas has ...

My magnolia had a problem with magnolia scale last year. Will it come back, and should I take some action to protect my tree? The leaves were covered in a black mold late last summer. — Frank Butler, ...

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 ...

Sugar industry stakeholders and the government are coordinating efforts against the ongoing, red-striped soft scale ...

The Sugar Regulatory Administration (SRA) said 13,797.59 hectares of sugarcane areas in the Negros Island Region were ...