My crape myrtle has white spots on the bark and a lot of black leaves. What is going on? OS What you are describing are classic symptoms of crape myrtle bark scale (Acanthococcus lagerstroemiae).

The blackish trunks on the crape myrtles around town are caused by a Chinese insect known as crape myrtle bark scale. It doesn't kill the trees, but it does make them unsightly and less vigorous. This ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. FILE - Crape myrtle bark scale and sooty mold on topped plant. When I get multiple calls on a pest in a small time period, there ...

Crape Myrtle Bark Scale (CMBS) is an exotic invasive pest that arrived in Delaware in 2020. This insect reduces flowering and produces copious amounts of honeydew. Sooty mold, a non-pathogenic dark ...

The blackish trunks on the crape myrtles around town are caused by a Chinese insect known as crape myrtle bark scale. It doesn’t kill the trees, but it does make them unsightly and less vigorous. This ...

A reader needs help with their crepe myrtle. Plus, plant of the week. "My crepe myrtles look awful. There are white specks on the trunk and branches, and the bark has turned black." Yikes." -Debbie ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. They’re arguably the premier summer-flowering shrubs in America, or at least certainly in the South. Crape myrtles bloom three or ...

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - Adding to our list of non-native pests is a newcomer that attacks crepe myrtles. It is called the Crepe Myrtle Bark Scale (CMBS). The new pest is originally from China, Japan, ...

Walking on the St. John’s Lutheran Church campus a few weeks ago, I noticed a recently planted crape myrtle that didn’t appear to have its normal spring color or vigor. Upon closer inspection, I ...

OVERTON – The second year of survey data tracking crape myrtle bark scale has provided researchers information they believe will help mitigate the pest’s effect on trees, said a Texas A&M AgriLife ...