It looks like lice on your trees. Unprecedented infestations of pine needle scale — a native insect that eats the needles of pine, spruce and fir trees — are on the rise on private lands in the High ...

My home has a long needle pine tree that has lost an excessive number of needles this season compared to previous years. I noticed that there is a white scale on the needles — both last years’ and the ...

Giant pine scale is an exotic pest that kills pine trees and can be spread by humans. So far, it has felled nearly 1,400 trees in Adelaide's north-eastern suburbs, with the state's forestry industry ...

Like something out of a movie, this giant bug is threatening SA’s $3bn forest industry – leading to rampant destruction around an Adelaide reservoir. Primary Industries and Forestry Minister Clare ...

South Australia's $3 billion forestry industry says a pest that kills pine trees and is spread by humans needs to be eradicated. Giant pine scale was found in pine trees in the north-eastern Adelaide ...