Carefully peel back the top coat of the scale to identify if it is still alive. Alive ... The test is not attached to the body and can be peeled back to reveal the soft-bodied scale insect (Fig.3).

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Because they're so tiny and hard to detect, scale insects are best banished from your trees by introducing their natural predators, maintaining your trees, and using horticultural oils.