Pest Links: Scale

Scale insects belong to the order Homoptera, superfamily Coccoidea.

How to Manage Scale in Gardens and Landscapes from the University of California Statewide IPM Program

San Jose Scale & what to do about it from Fruit Pests at University of Kentucky Entomology - good pictures

San Jose Scale article from the Tree Fruit Research and extension center of WSU Fruit Pathology

San Jose Scale on apple
from Horticulture Information Center & the Ag Department at Kansas State University

Fruit Tree Insect Pests at the Southern Idaho Insect Guide

San Jose scale I.D. sheet from the New York State IPM Program, part of Cornell Cooperative Extension

More Scale information from the Pennsylvania Tree Fruit Production Guide

Pictures of scale insects
from Insects that Feed by Sucking Plant Juices at Virginia Cooperative Extension