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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

as you may have scale insect.  They are small flat round shapes.  If you have them you need to remove them, gently rubbing with your fingers should do it for a minor case.  I'm not sure if there is a chemical solution available Have you had a lot of rain

back - sections of the leaves are now without colour and look like die back at least. This is one of my favourite plants in the garden, so I am desperate to nurse it back to health. Any help gratefully received. The culprit could be scale insects

of the specialised food! Also i have not got the dreaded scale insect problem that i have suffered in the past! Obviously this is still under trial but thought it worth sharing this tip! Very interesting. Citrus usually need a relatively high nitrogen component, much

mould I've ever seen.   It was fine last year, bit of scale insect but not a major problem.   This year, looks like it's been down the pit!   So I chopped the tops off yesterday, left the three main stems with two sprouting leaf nodes each.   So now

, or some sort of scale insect. Nothing to do with chickens though. Thanks for quick reply. I noticed this on my standard bay the other day - it wiped off easily and I washed the trunk down.  No sign of anything else happening to it at the moment but I

with the hose.roses, dahlias, fuchsias, lavender, rosemary and many garden plantsspring, summer, autumnMore common garden pestsCapsid bugsEuonymous scalePhormium mealybugScale insects

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

, the moment the symptoms appear. Wait a minimum of two weeks after spraying before using leaves in the kitchen.bay leavesmid- and late-springKeeping garden pests at bayWhiteflyMealybugsScale insectsRed spider mites

it on my rhodo, azalea or pieris before, but have had it on my camellia. Sooty mould develops on the surface of leaves when sap, or honeydew, drips down onto the surface from sap-sucking insects above. Scale insect is the usual culprit.  Sheddy, take a look