The scale insects are small insects of the order hemiptera ... .... generally classified as the superfamily coccoidea ... and ... There are about 8,000 species of scale insects. :) happy to help and thanks 4 dat txt hahahah
As far as I can gather, shield bugs do not have scales. Shield bugs are of the suborder Heteroptera, but its the Sternorrhyncha suborder that includes scale insects.
sap sucking bugs that are flat and hug tight to the stems of plants
It could be scale insects.
Yes, but they only bite small bugs like aphids and scale bugs. They don't bite humans, don't think they have the mandibles to even accomplish such a task!
Mealy bugs, slugs, scale and snails can bother your sedum. Bees will pollinate it.
Only a few insects such as scale insects and cochineal bugs will attack a jumping cholla.
Ladybirds (ladybugs) are not herbivorous; they are insectivores. Ladybugs eat scale bugs and aphids that do eat plant matter.
Yes, ladybugs get along with other bugs. The insects in question (Coccinellidae family) tend to view their habitat niches in terms of what can and cannot be eaten. Popular food sources will include such bugs as aphids, mealybugs, and scale.
Aloe are suseptable to Mealy Bug (both on the leaves and roots), Scale insects (leaves) and various beetle (stems, roots and leaves)
Directing a stream of hose water and spraying insecticidal soap are ways to get rid of white bugs on plants. The answer assumes that the white bugs are aphids, cottony scale, mealy bugs, or white-flies. The insecticidal soap may be home-made or store-bought, with the former involving 1 tablespoon of dish detergent (supplemented by cayenne pepper, japapeno juice, rubbing alcohol, or tabasco sauce) in 1 pint of room-temperature water.
Aphids and armored scale are white bugs that appear on honeysuckle vines. The plant in question (Lonicera spp) also may attract caterpillars and spider mites. Treatments range from hosing off leaves to applying horticultural oils and insecticidal soaps.
Yes it is and it smells bad.