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 ...

Giant pine scale is an exotic pest that kills pine trees and can be spread by humans. So far, it has felled nearly 1,400 trees in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs, with the state's forestry industry ...

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 ...

Like something out of a movie, this giant bug is threatening SA’s $3bn forest industry – leading to rampant destruction around an Adelaide reservoir. Primary Industries and Forestry Minister Clare ...