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Tuesday, January 12th, 2010 by Heather Hartman

A Closer Look – Bonsai Pests Part 2, Scale

Scale are another ubiquitous garden variety pest in temperate regions. Scale insects are small insects of the order Hemiptera, generally classified as the superfamily Coccoidea. There are about 8,000 species of scale, with many of that rather large number considered pests on our plants. Scale are one of the most destructive insects in the United ...

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Friday, June 12th, 2009 by Heather Hartman

A Closer Look: Bonsai Pests – Part 1 – Aphids

Aphids are a ubiquitous garden variety pest in temperate regions, as irritating on our tomatoes as they are on our bonsai. Also called plant lice and greenflies, Aphids are part of the insect superfamily of Aphidoidea (which pretty much covers all of the types of aphids but two), with over four thousand species known (over ...

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Saturday, July 29th, 2006 by Carolyn Carver

Pest Manageement

This article was originaly on the website of the Bonsai Societies of Florida. Reprinted with permission of the SSF The information was originally compiled by Carolyn Carver for her own use. It was presented as a seminar at the Bonsai Societies of Florida convention in West Palm Beach in May 1999. Mrs. Carver wants to remind all ...

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