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.I know conifers are deeply unfashionable but that's not a good enough reason to ignore them - for some people and certain situations they are the perfect solution. A good one is Pinus aristata, which was brought over by the Victorians from the Rocky

named 'pine' ladybird, Exochomus quadipustulatus (left), which specialises in eating scale insects on broad-leaf and conifer trees. They're present as grey, wart-like pupae, and are pock-marking the bark like some strange disease.Scattered among them