{"id":14381,"date":"2020-01-13T12:07:41","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T11:07:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/plantenplagen\/scale-insect\/"},"modified":"2023-12-01T15:10:49","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T14:10:49","slug":"scale-insect","status":"publish","type":"encyclopedia","link":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/scale-insect\/","title":{"rendered":"Scale insect"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&rdquo;2\/3&Prime;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;topentry&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;topentry&rdquo;]Scale insects, the <u>+<\/u> 1.5 mm insects are found worldwide.<!--more-->[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row gap=&rdquo;35&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532162142715{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/2&Prime;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;5685&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; style=&rdquo;vc_box_rounded&rdquo; onclick=&rdquo;img_link_large&rdquo;][vc_single_image image=&rdquo;5373&Prime; img_size=&rdquo;medium&rdquo; add_caption=&rdquo;yes&rdquo; style=&rdquo;vc_box_rounded&rdquo; onclick=&rdquo;img_link_large&rdquo;][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/2&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532162092980{background-color: #e6e6e6 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]<strong>Scale insects<\/strong> <em>(Coccomorpha)<\/em>. The <u>+<\/u> 1.5 mm insects are found worldwide. There are about seven thousand species of scale insects. Scale insects are flat and sometimes difficult to see because they look like incipient buds or growths. Scale insects are oval in shape and are enveloped in an &ldquo;armor&rdquo; of wax.<br>\nThe insects live off plant sap.<br>\nParasitoid wasps, ladybirds, predator <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/plantenplagen\/beetles\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Beetles (Coleoptera) belong to the winged insects, whose front pair of wings are hardened into wing-cases (elytra). Except at the poles and in the sea, beetles are found all over the world. There are over 4,200 beetle species in the UK. See: Apple blossom weevil, flea beetle, Common asparagus beetle, asparagus beetle, Beech leaf-miner beetle,&hellip;\" class=\"encyclopedia\">beetles<\/a> and lacewings are among the natural enemies of scale insects.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row equal_height=&rdquo;yes&rdquo;][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Where to find&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1537946500082{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1578913061144{padding-left: 15px !important;}&rdquo;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Green house<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Houseplants<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Vegetable plot and ornamental garden<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532102790165{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&rdquo;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Control&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532165404849{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]Fighting it is difficult.<br>\nFor houseplants: spirit or alcohol diluted half with water makes scale insects disappear. A hefty amount of table salt dissolved in water also works. However, each individual scale insect must be dabbed with this mixture, such as with a cotton swab or brush soaked in the solution.<br>\nCanola oil is an outdoor pesticide; However, it is not selective and therefore also kills beneficial insects (bees, bumblebees, ladybugs).[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&rdquo;1\/3&Prime; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532102799994{background-color: #ffffff !important;}&rdquo;][vc_custom_heading text=&rdquo;Prevention&rdquo; font_container=&rdquo;tag:h4|text_align:center|color:%23ffffff&rdquo; google_fonts=&rdquo;font_family:Lato%3A100%2C100italic%2C300%2C300italic%2Cregular%2Citalic%2C700%2C700italic%2C900%2C900italic|font_style:400%20regular%3A400%3Anormal&rdquo; css=&rdquo;.vc_custom_1532165414573{background-color: #536895 !important;}&rdquo;][vc_column_text el_id=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo; el_class=&rdquo;entrytxt&rdquo;]<em>For outdoors:<\/em> parasitoid wasps and ladybugs are the natural enemies; offers these insects a pleasant environment.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":14,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[],"encyclopedia-category":[663],"encyclopedia-tag":[857,863],"class_list":["post-14381","encyclopedia","type-encyclopedia","status-publish","hentry","encyclopedia-category-garden-bugs","encyclopedia-tag-aphid","encyclopedia-tag-honeydew"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia\/14381","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/encyclopedia"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14381"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-category?post=14381"},{"taxonomy":"encyclopedia-tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.plantenplagen.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/encyclopedia-tag?post=14381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}