The Azalea Lace Bug is a new invasive pest that has come into our landscapes and begun to attack azaleas. Azalea Lace Bugs were officially confirmed in Washington in 2008 and Oregon in 2009. They are best known for stealing the green from the leaves of Azaleas by piercing into the leaf and rapidly removing its nutrients. This continues throughout the Azalea and leaves it with a near-death bleached appearance. After consecutive attacks, the Azalea is not able to recover from the damage and it dies.

As a part of our  Plant Health Care program, we have proposed treatment for this new pest on properties where it has shown to be a problem. We will be performing the Azalea Lace Bug Control treatments in June.

http://www.pacscape.com/services/plant-health.php

http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/Lacebug