barnacle scale (Ceroplastes cirripediformis),

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 14, 2007

Does anyone know how to get rid of this pest? Not my picture

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Sep 24, 2007

I'm bringing this back up - Any information would be helpful.

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Oct 08, 2007

I hunt and gather. IOW, I look for them and pop them off, then stomp on them. And I keep a lookout, because you never get every one of them. Which plants do you have them on?

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2007

It's on my pssion vine. That's what I've been doing along with spraying with soap and water. I even tried malathion as a last resort with no results. This scale is relentless.

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fly_girl The Woodlands, TX(Zone 8b) Oct 09, 2007

Happy Birthday My Sharona!!!! May it be free of icky pests!!! At least for one day! LOL

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2007

LOL!! Thank you!

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ceejaytown The Woodlands, TX(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2007

Please add my HBs to fly's!

This pest won't even blink an eye (hmmm...I wonder if scale have eyes....) at soap and water. Sorry.... The crawlers can be killed with horticultural oil, and if you apply it at regular intervals, eventually all of the crawlers will be gone and there won't be any left to grow up into adults. I would pick and spray if I had a bad infestaton.

Since it's on your passion vine, and it will lose all of its leaves for the winter, I would also be very careful to keep those leaves picked up.

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 09, 2007

Thank you for the birthday wishes!

I can't stand these little critters! Grrrrrrr

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senlarrs Harrisburg, PA(Zone 6a) Oct 10, 2007

Happy Birthday, hope you day was wonderful and fullfilling! Nice photo in 'Working in the Garden' poll, definitely, you should enter the contest!

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MySharona Amelia Island, FL(Zone 9a) Oct 10, 2007

Thank you senlarrs! I had a great day and I will put the picture in the contest. I've never entered the contest so keep your fingers crossed! LOL!

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