{"id":976,"date":"2025-05-27T18:38:47","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T18:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/?p=976"},"modified":"2025-08-27T19:38:59","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T19:38:59","slug":"cryptomeria-scale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/cryptomeria-scale\/","title":{"rendered":"Cryptomeria Scale"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Cryptomeria Scale (<em>Aspidiotus cryptomeriae<\/em> &#8216;Kuwana&#8217;)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h4><strong>GDD Window (base 50): 533-820<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<h4><strong>Overview:<\/strong>\u200b<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Beware of the scale hiding beneath a transparent cover!\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Overwinter as immature nymphs in a waxy covering on needles\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Looks like a fried egg\u00a0(nymphs and adult females are yellow, and produce a white wax coating around them) &amp; flat in appearance\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Crawlers are lemon yellow in color\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Crawler periods last 4 or more weeks\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Two crawler generations per year, in June and August\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Causes mottling or chlorotic banding appearance on upper needle surfaces\u00a0&amp; causes\u00a0premature needle drop\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"1\">Monitor lower branches losing their green coloring\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"45\" data-font=\"Calibri,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Damage happens and spreads quickly<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"8226\" data-font=\"Arial,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Host\u00a0plants<\/span><\/b><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/b>conifers (hemlocks,\u00a0pines,\u00a0firs)\u00a0True firs in Christmas tree farms are most\u00a0susceptible\u00a0(rarely on cryptomeria)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Management:<\/strong><\/h4>\n<h5><strong>Cultural Practices:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Natural predators<\/span><\/b><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><\/b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0 brown lacewings, <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">green\u00a0lacewings,\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">lady\u00a0beetles<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">, <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">&amp;\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>Parasitoid wasps\u00a0\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Prevent dusty conditions\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Reduce plant stress<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Dispose of heavily infested plants\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Materials:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"450\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Contact insecticides:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Carbamates [1A]: carbaryl<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Pyrethroids [3A]: &#8211;<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">thrins<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Organophosphates [1B]:\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">acephate <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">(translaminar), malathion<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Considerations<\/span><\/b><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"6\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Will harm non-target species<\/span><\/b>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"7\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Timing is essential in controlling armored <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">scales (target crawler stage before waxy <\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">covering forms)<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"540\" data-aria-posinset=\"8\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Systemic insecticides:<\/span><\/b>\u200b\n<ul>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"9\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Neonicotinoids<\/span><\/b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">[4A]:\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">dinotefuran<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">, a<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">cetamiprid, thiamethoxam<\/span>\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"10\" data-aria-level=\"2\"><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Tetronic<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0acids [23}:\u00a0<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">spirotetramat<\/span><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Biorationals:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Insecticidal soaps and Horticultural oils\u200b\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1980\" data-aria-posinset=\"2\" data-aria-level=\"3\">Neem oil\u200b<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"111\" data-font=\"Courier New,monospace\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1260\" data-aria-posinset=\"3\" data-aria-level=\"2\">Insect growth regulators:\u200b\n<ul style=\"font-weight: 400\">\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1980\" data-aria-posinset=\"4\" data-aria-level=\"3\">Pyriproxyfen\u00a0[7A]\u200b<\/li>\n<li data-charcodes=\"167\" data-font=\"Wingdings,Sans-Serif\" data-buautonum=\"8\" data-margin=\"1980\" data-aria-posinset=\"5\" data-aria-level=\"3\">Buprofezin\u00a0[16]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<figure id=\"attachment_977\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-977\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-977\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb5-Cryptomeria-Scale-Symptoms-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb5-Cryptomeria-Scale-Symptoms-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb5-Cryptomeria-Scale-Symptoms-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb5-Cryptomeria-Scale-Symptoms.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-977\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Symptoms on Frasier-fir by Cryptomeria Scale at undersides of needles. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_978\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-978\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-978\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb7-Cryptomeria-Scale-Signs-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb7-Cryptomeria-Scale-Signs-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb7-Cryptomeria-Scale-Signs-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb7-Cryptomeria-Scale-Signs.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With younger instars the Cryptomeria waxy cover is virtually transparent, as needle stomates are clearly visible. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_979\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-979\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-979\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb8-Cryptomeria-predator-feedings-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb8-Cryptomeria-predator-feedings-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.rutgers.edu\/nursery-ipm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1396\/2025\/07\/2a-bb8-Cryptomeria-predator-feedings.jpg 716w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-979\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">With younger instars the Cryptomeria waxy cover is virtually transparent, as needle stomates are clearly visible. (Photo Credit: Steven K. Rettke, Rutgers Coop. Ext.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<div class=\"mceTemp\"><\/div>\n<h6><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">Disclaimer<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\"> &#8211; Materials do not cover all possible control scenarios and are intended for licensed professionals. Tradenames do not imply\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"LineBox SCXP56887253 BCX0\"><span class=\"TextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXP56887253 BCX0\">endorsement and are used as examples. You must strictly follow the label for each compound prior to use. 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