The blackish trunks on the crapemyrtles around town are caused by a Chinese insect known as crapemyrtle bark scale. It doesn’t kill the trees, but it does make them unsightly and less vigorous. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CAROLINA FOREST, S.C. (WBTW) — A now-former science school teacher from New Jersey says many once-healthy tan crapemyrtle trees in ...

WASHINGTON — Crape Myrtle trees are found all over the DMV. They boast beautiful blooms and are a staple of many landscapes. But little white critters, called bark scale, are threatening the trees.

Crape myrtles, an ornamental tree popular in landscapes throughout the state of Delaware, are prized for their beauty, exfoliating bark in shades of silver and cinnamon, and long-lasting flowers in a ...

My oak tree bark is covered with bumps, diagnosed as lecanium scale, sucking the life out of them. Apparently there is a connection with mosquito spraying. We spray because we have an ornamental pond, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They’re arguably the premier summer-flowering shrubs in America, or at least certainly in the South. Crape myrtles bloom three or ...

OVERTON – The second year of survey data tracking crape myrtle bark scale has provided researchers information they believe will help mitigate the pest’s effect on trees, said a Texas A&M AgriLife ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Adding to our list of non-native pests is a newcomer that attacks crepe myrtles. It is called the Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale (CMBS). The new pest is originally from China, Japan, ...