Euonymus Scale
Egg-The tiny egg is yellow and oval.
Crawler-The crawler is also tiny and yellow.
Host Plants -Euonymus, Pachysandra, Celastrus, ivy growing near Euonymus Camellia, twinberry, eugenia, and hollies are the known hosts of the euonymus scale.
Damage -The first visible damage is yellow spotting on the leaves. The stems may become so encrusted with the scales that whole branches or the entire plant dies.
Life History -This scale usually has two or three generations per year. The males emerge as tiny, twowinged flies and mate with the females, which shrivel as they lay eggs under their protective shells. The tiny crawlers hatch and emerge from the mother's shell in April, May, and June; female adult euonymus scales do not leave the protective covering. The crawlers move along the leaves and stems before inserting their sucking mouthparts to feed. They then secrete their protective covering. Another brood hatches in late summer, and a partial third brood may appear even later. As a result, all stages of development are present most of the year. Males are usually more numerous than females, in dense infestations, clusters of the snow-white males on the leaves and twigs are clearly noticeable.
Euonymus scale is difficult to control, but the removal of heavily infested branches will help. For specific chemical controls, see the current state extension service recommendations.