Symptoms and appearance. This pest infests only crape myrtle. An early symptom of crape myrtle bark scale is black sooty mold covering extensive areas of leaves and stems as a result of honeydew ...

Many crape myrtle trees across the D.C. region are infested by a bug called bark scale, which leaves behind a black fungal infection. A cure is elusive.

In the fall, their leaves turn bright colors. ... But today, foreign insects, commonly known as crape myrtle bark scale (CMBS), are sucking the life juices from trees all over the South.

Crape myrtle bark scale is easy to identify. Adult females are whitish encrustations that stick to crape myrtle trunks and twigs. When crushed, the scales exude a pink liquid.

Heavy infestations of crape myrtle bark scale produce sufficient honeydew to coat leaves, stems and bark of the tree. This honeydew, in turn, will eventually turn black as it is colonized by a ...

First detected in the U.S. in Dallas in 2004, crape myrtle bark scale is a sucking insect that feeds on the sap of plants. It excretes a sugary solution known as “honeydew,” like what is ...

It comes from crape myrtle bark scale, white, practically immobile insects that suck the sap out of the leaves and twigs and secrete sticky honeydew residue. Black sooty mold fungus grows in the ...

Dear Neil: Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? We haven’t seen it before and don’t really know how to eliminate it. A: As insects in Texas go, this is a comparative ...

Crape myrtle trees are nearly as plentiful as azaleas in the Rose City, but a new pest threatens their beauty. The pest - crape myrtle bark scale - was first discovered in Tyler in 2013 and is ...

Q: Is there an effective treatment for crape myrtle bark scale? We haven’t seen it before and don’t really know how to eliminate it. A: As insects in Texas go, this is a comparative newcomer ...

It first showed up in Texas in 2004 and made its way across the Gulf states. Now, crape myrtle bark scale can be found as far west as New Mexico, as far north as Kansas and as far east as Virginia.

It is called the Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale (CMBS). The new pest is originally from China, Japan, and Korea. It was first identified in the United States in Richardson, Texas in 2004.