European Elm Scale Create Dripping, Sticky Elms

European Elm Scale (Eriococcus spurius (formerly Gossyparia spuria)) females are dripping sugary, sticky honeydew in southwest Ohio. This is one of the “felt scales” (Family Eriococcidae) so named because of the white felt-like material encircling the female’s flattened body. The white-edge / dark-center effect makes the female’s bodies look like tiny eyes.

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Joe Boggs