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Crape myrtle bark scale is being studied by scientists in the hope of finding ways to better combat this invasive pest from Asia. These scientists developed an informative crape myrtle bark scale website at: stopcmbs.com/ Crape myrtle bark scale is pushing into Middle Tennessee. It was found in a couple neighborhoods in Mt. Juliet in Wilson County a few years ago. It was found in the Old Hickory neighborhood of Davidson County last year. Recently, Jerry Alldredge with the Williamson County Extension Diagnostic Team found several infested plants in the Franklin area. My recommendation for new county finds is to cut the crape myrtle down at ground level. Then drench the root zone soil with imidacloprid insecticide. Otherwise, the mobile crawlers will hitchhike on birds or squirrels or possibly blow in the wind to nearby crape myrtle. This pest is expected to spread to wherever crape myrtle are grown so please try to slow the spread. Examine any plants purchased for black sooty mold on the leaves and bark and the scale with its white waxy coverings on the bark. 
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