Takahashia Japonica, the Lady of the Rings Returns. Everything About the Parasite that Haunts Northern Italy

With the explosion of spring and the increase of temperatures, the intrusive presence of the Takahashia japonica, an exotic cochineal better known as the "lady of the rings" or "cochineal" with cotonous filaments, is again felt. Its characteristic white ring formations, the ovals that contain the future larvae, are again ammanando the branches of numerous trees in many areas of northern Italy, with a particular concentration in Lombardy, raising…

The larvae' ovasacs resemble to totani hanging from the branches. When the insects come out they will attack the leaves of all the main plants. There is no solution at the moment