Insect and Spider Identification: CLOSED: CLOSED: Friend or Foe?, 1 by ceejaytown

ceejaytown wrote:
I had scale completely covering a multi-trunked oleander. Along came the twice-stabbed ladybeetle and within a couple of weeks, they had eaten all of the scale. You could actually see the shredded exoskeletons of the scale on the trunks - whitish. I was amazed!! Here is a photo. The whitish stuff is the scale - or rather what's left of the scale. In your photo, the larva is on the left, and the pupa is on the right.
Yes, horticultural oil kills the beneficials too. If I had twice-stabbed present with scale, I would let the ladybugs handle the problem. They are really very thorough....I can testify to that!

This message was edited Oct 8, 2006 5:22 PM