Pine needle scales are some of the most destructive insect pests affecting conifer shrubs and trees in Colorado, specifically Summit, Eagle and Grand counties. Pine needle scale feeds on the needles ...

It looks like lice on your trees. Unprecedented infestations of pine needle scale — a native insect that eats the needles of pine, spruce and fir trees — are on the rise on private lands in the High ...

VAIL – A tiny bug – other than the infamous pine beetle – is causing some big problems for trees in Vail.The town of Vail has hired an arborist to spray 450 Colorado spruce trees that have been ...

Alias: Pine needle scale. Oftentimes, newly cut Christmas trees will have a frosted look to them, but if that frost doesn’t melt when brought inside, it may be pine needle scale. The eggs winter with ...

A tiny, unassuming Colorado insect has been spotted making a big mark on lodgepole pines. Foresters are finding that the insect, called pine needle scale, has been causing lodgepoles to appear sickly, ...

Pine needle scale has become a common problem the past several years in the area. This insect is a problem on Austrian, ponderosa, scotch and mugo pines. The adult scale is a small black (there's a ...

The browning of pine needles can be due to a number of causes. Some of these are normal, others due to adverse environmental conditions or insects. Most needles live for about two to five years, ...

My mugo pine has white things on the needles like paint flakes. Do I need to address this? That is pine needle scale, a native pest that also occurs on other pines and spruce. Scale insects hide under ...