Scale insects suck sap from some trees and ornamental plants, forming an unsightly crust on branches, stalks and leaves, extracting nutrients from the plant and leaving it more susceptible to disease and other environmental stresses. Proper plant care includes properly timed applications of insect controls to restrain scale populations in the crawler stage when the insect has yet to develop its shell.

If left unchecked, scale insects can cause:

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