Wax Scale on Southern Highbush Blueberries in Florida

Oscar E. Liburd and Doug Phillips

Release Date: 12/19/2022

Reviewed At: 8/12/2025

DOI: 10.32473/edis-in1387-2022

Agriculture

Abstract

Florida wax scale, Ceroplastes floridensis, is an insect pest causing damage on plants throughout much of the United States, including Florida, where it can be found infesting southern highbush blueberries. This publication is intended to inform Florida blueberry growers about this pest and to discuss management and control alternatives.

About this Publication

This document is ENY-2094, one of a series of the Department of Entomology and Nematology, UF/IFAS Extension. Original publication date December 2022. Visit the EDIS website at https://edis.ifas.ufl.edu for the currently supported version of this publication.

About the Authors

Oscar E. Liburd, professor and program leader, fruit and vegetable entomology, Department of Entomology and Nematology; and Doug Phillips, blueberry Extension coordinator, Department of Horticultural Sciences; UF/IFAS Extension, Gainesville, FL 32611.

How to Cite

Liburd, O., & Phillips, D. (2022). Wax Scale on Southern Highbush Blueberries in Florida. EDIS, 2022(6). https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-in1387-2022

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professor, agricultural pest management, UF/IFAS Department of Entomology and Nematology, Gainesville, FL

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Extension specialist, blueberry Extension coordinator, Department of Horticultural Sciences, UF/IFAS Gulf Coast Research and Education Center, Wimauma, FL

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