Overwintered Calico Scale (Eulecanium cerasorum) females in S.W. Ohio are “puffing up” and pumping out copious quantities of sticky, sugary, honeydew; the calling card of phloem-sucking insects. The scale has a wide host range although heavy infestations are most often found on honeylocust (Gleditsia triacanthos), lacebark elm (Ulmus parvifolia), maples (Acer spp.), and rosaceous hosts in the southwest part of the state.
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