Cottony Cushion Scale

[Ralph]

Are these things supposed to still be here? Last I heard, they were in California and were controlled by the vedalia ladybird. Now they're turning up on my maple trees. Have they been here all this time and I just haven't seen any, and are they a problem anymore?

 

[Matt K]

Are these things supposed to still be here? Last I heard, they were in California and were controlled by the vedalia ladybird. Now they're turning up on my maple trees. Have they been here all this time and I just haven't seen any, and are they a problem anymore?

I get them on pyrocantha plants once in a while here in Texas. I have a wide variety of plants (wife and I are avid gardeners) and that seems to be the only one they show up on. That and rarely on the pothos ivy in the house....