Joe Boggs, Extension Educator. Originally posted on the Buckeye Yard and Garden Online
Small, sticky, snowy-white masses are appearing on the stems of redbuds (Cercis canadensis) in southern Ohio. They could easily be mistaken for soft scales, mealybugs, or insect egg masses. However, they are the “egg plugs” of a treehopper originally named the Two-Marked Treehopper (Enchenopa binotata, family Membracidae).