For whatever reason, my office has seen an explosion of homeowners bringing in branches covered in cottony maple scale. I believe 100% of the cases to be on either silver maple (Acer saccharinum) or ...

This soft scale feeds on crabapple, sweetgum, star magnolia, honey locust, maple, dogwood, elm, oak, pear, redbud, tulip tree, all stone fruit trees, and many other species of trees. During the spring ...