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  • Image: Juniper scale 1
    Credit: United States National Collection of Scale Insects Photographs Archive, USDA Agricultural Research Service, Bugwood.org
  • Image: Juniper scale 2

    Credit: J. LaForest, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org

  • Image: Juniper scale 3

    Credit: J. Weidhass, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Bugwood.org

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Carulaspis juniper

  • White, spot-like, approximately 1/10 inch diameter cover needles
  • Dull green coloring of foliage is first sign of infestation
  • In high infestations entire plant may look sprinkled with snow
  • Foliage may turn yellow from insects sucking sap from needles, then brown and die as damage ages
  • New growth fails to develop normally on infested branches
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