Their understanding of the system has implications for controlling coffee pests, such as green coffee scale (Coccus viridis), a flat, featureless insect that lives on coffee bushes. On some bushes, ...

In the Asian tropics, a conspicuous radiation of Macaranga plants is inhabited by obligately associated Crematogaster ants tending Coccus (Coccidae) scale insects, forming a tripartite symbiosis.

We're in a sticky situation in western St. Charles. Cars, driveways, plants, lawn furniture - everything outdoors - is coated with something sticky. Just sap? Yes, and no. The substance raining from ...

Scale insects can infest and damage many of the plants we grow in our landscapes and indoors. They feed on the sap of plants, and a large enough population can weaken a plant, damage it or even kill ...

New research shows invasive species are reducing insect populations worldwide and weakening ecosystems people rely on.