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Pine needle scale

Chionaspis pinifoliae

Pine needle scale

Jeff Hahn, University of Minnesota Extension


Description: 1/8 inch long. White, elongate scales with one end slightly yellow.

Where/When: Found on needles on pine, spruce, fir, hemlock Douglas fir.

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