Asian Cycad Scale - The Bottom Line

• Introduction
• The Asian Cycad Scale Problem
• Is There a Solution?
• How Can the Asian Cycad Scale be Controlled?
• Other Factors
• The Bottom Line on Asian Cycad Scale
• Asian Cycad Scale FAQs
• Asian Cycad Scale Links
• Asian Cycad Scale Photos

All is not lost. This is just a scale insect, although it’s a tougher one to control than we’re used to. The hope is that once a predator / parasite population is established, we’ll have to do no more chemical control than before Asian cycad scale reared its ugly head. In the meantime some sagos that are not cared for properly will die.

Get the word out to your friends, neighbors and co-workers about proper treatment options. We’ll have to work together to get through this.

Remember: the key is to treat thoroughly.

References

• Hamon, A. Cycad aulacaspis scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui. 2000. DACS website, Entomology Section. http://doacs.state.fl.us/~pi/enpp/ento/aulacaspis.html (currently unavailable)
• Howard. Update on Management Methods for New Scale Insect Pests. 2003. Personal correspondence.
• Howard, Hamon, Mclaughlin, Weissling and Yang. Aulacaspis yasumatsui (Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae), a Scale Insect Pest of Cycads Recently Introduced into Florida. 1999. Florida Entomologist 82 (1).
• Mannion, C. Personal conversations & e-mail.
• Weissling, Howard & Harmon. Cycad Aulacaspis Scale, Aulacaspis yasumatsui Takagi (Insecta: Hemiptera: Sternorrhyncha: Diaspididae). UF/IFAS publication EENY-096. 1999.

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