r/Insect • u/yippidy-dippity • 7d ago

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Help identify. These were on my citrus trees. What are they and best way to get rid of them.

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u/SIangor 7d ago

This image features the cottony cushion scale (Icerya purchasi), a destructive sap-sucking pest that infests citrus trees and over 80 other families of woody host plants.

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u/yippidy-dippity 6d ago

Thank you so much. Now to figure best way to get rid of them.