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. At each scale an ant would stop, tickle it with its antennae, and suck up the small droplet of honeydew that was presented.Neither of these insects has ever reached pest proportions in my garden, so I've never had need to regard them as pests. On the other

chestnut scale insects, Pulvinaria regalis (pictured above). These strange insects can be quite unsightly on the bark of infested trees. In this case they've flaked away, leaving pale dusky echoes. They've probably been mopped up by the larvae of the badly

it is delightfully marked, with coloured scales all over. More secretive than scarce, I think, it is usually regarded by entomologists as a rare insect, but in London it is on all black poplars, except for the Lombary poplar, 'Italica'. It must spend most of the year