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Control White Louse Scale - Treatment

Published

August 1, 2022

Author

Searles Gardening Team

How to control White Louse Scale

White Scale is an immobile, sap-sucking insect that can seriously weaken plants if it colonises them in great numbers. The insect hides under the white waxy substance and sucks on the sap.


Scale affects roses and other ornamentals where it can cause leaf yellowing and drop. It also produces honeydew which encourages sooty mould and ant infestation.

Treatment for white louse scale in Australia

Searles Pest Gun, Searles White Oil, Lime Sulphur and Ecofend Fruit & Garden