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Crape Myrtle Bark Scale CMBS #872553

Asked June 11, 2024, 9:05 AM EDT

I have a house in Sussex County beside Dewey- Reboboth Beach. When I google search this disease I see nothing come up for Delaware but do see North Carolina as a northernmost location for the disease. I am reporting this disease and I need help to save my trees. The scale is present in many branches. My trees are very mature. We likely we missed this last year

Sussex County Delaware

Expert Response

Thank you for reporting this and I will forward to our county hort agent, Tracy Wootten and Brian Kunkel our entomologist.

We recently published a story on CBS:
https://www.udel.edu/academics/colleges/canr/news/2024/may/crape-myrtle-bark-scale-invasive-in-mid-atlantic/

Kind regards,
Michele

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