Scale on beech

[JD3000]

Sent them to the treedoctor at MSU.
Another opinion cant hurt.

 

[JD3000]

And we now have a disagreement of whether its beech bark scale or not. Treedoctor MSU got back to me.

My vote is not. I'll keep looking for more and nectria when I'm there thursday to blast them.

 

[JD3000]

Common falsepit scale.
Lecanodiaspis prosopidis.

 

[mrtree]

was that with a specimen? or just photos?

 

[JD3000]

Specimens. New to our area, 2nd ones he's gotten in a month. He wants to go to the site to take more samples and get high res pics.

 

[mrtree]

definitely speak to John Davidson, he is the man for this.

 

[JD3000]

He said beech bark scale. Guessing I got a 5 second ID from the pics I sent him.

 

[mrtree]

That is why you need him and the 10K microscope. Have you seen his drawings? Have you sat next to him at the lab table?

 

[JD3000]

Nope. Perhaps samples will be sent his way though. Lots and lots of pink eggs and crawlers coming out of them now.