Camellia Tea Scale

These sucking insects get their name from the fact that tea is made from one species of camellia.

Camellia tea scale. Aply two types of controls read the label and make sure that the active ingredient is different so the. Other hosts plants including oleander plumeria cassia weeping fig pittosporum. Tea scale a white fuzzy material found under leaves can cause camellia bushes to become poor bloomers. Tropical and subtropical climate in the south coast of california is suitable for growing many palm trees.

Tea scale scale insects. Hiding under the scale covering sometimes hard. This insect attacks all species and varieties of camellias along with other plants such as hollies tea olive and citrus. Tea scale is a major camellia and holly pest in florida.

Hard to detect and unimpressive looking scale insects are an underestimated danger to your landscape plants. Tea scale is believed to have originated in southeast asia and made its way to america attached to camellias that were imported. A second insect is causing the massive leaf drop. Damage caused by scale insects is usually serious but not deadly to the camellia plant.

The scale insects attach themselves to the underside of leaves and suck cell juice leading to a mottled appearance on the upper side. Tea scale insects tend to congregate on the underside of the leaves. Sometimes fuzzy these insects sit in one spot and suck plant juices weakening or even killing the plant. How to treat tea scale on camellia bushes dan gill the times picayune garden columnist.

The very name implies that it is associated with tea or what we usually call camellia sinensis. The risk fiorinia phantasma tea scale of camellia would pose to california is evaluated below.