Bonsai Scale

Unknown scale runaway juniper questions.
Bonsai scale. These insects should not be taken lightly as they feed off your bonsai trees fluids like vampires and can cause leaf drop branch die back and eventually in severe cases death of the tree. This is another insect that can be a problem on bonsai. Do the people espousing it s use have personal experience in which imidacloprid used by itself conquered an armored scale infestation. Aphids spider mites mealy bugs vine weevils scale insects caterpillars ants.
We do this with marketing and advertising partners who may have their own information they. I am open to the possibility that it is effective in bonsai culture vs landscape but want to know. Insects often found on bonsai. So says basically all the scale ipm sheets from any extension service.
May 14 2018 new to me scale juniper mimic pest. These technologies are used for things like personalized ads. In a very predictable turn of events my best tree has developed a scale insect issue that may have killed it if i had not looked closely at the needles for the rest of the season. Scale on juniper horizontalis.
Massive juniper scale infestation. Scale insects come in a bewildering array of shapes and sizes and can quite often go unnoticed until the infestation becomes quite established. The great thing about scale is unlike the passion vine hopper they tend to stay quite still while you hit them. Try to identify the insects either by photographing them and asking for advice at on online bonsai forum or by comparing the insects you see with the pictures below.
Micro black dots of juniper scale foliage. Scale are insects that most often resemble a small oval scale on your bonsai tree.