A Homestead Tree Service climber pruning a sycamore. We service San Diego, Del Mar, Chula Vista, La Mesa, El Cajon, Lakeside, Ramona, Rancho Santa Fe & Poway.

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ABOVE: The climber uses rope and saddle to safely maneuver around a California sycamore during a pruning operation.

RIGHT: Oak wax scale, Cerococcus quercus, is a sucking insect. This colony was found on a mesa or Engelman oak, Quercus engelmannii. Its primary hosts are scrub oaks (Q. dumosa & Q. berberidifolia). They are about 4 to 4.5 mm in diameter. A scale may be commonly found with a small circular hole in the outer shell indicating it has been parasilized (where a predatory insect has used the scale in its own reproductive cycle). The scale has a minimal affect on its host. Spraying is not recommended as it upsets the natural balance, killing the predator as well as the prey.

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Equipment at a jobsite in San Diego performing tree removal.

Oak root fungus, Armallaria mellea.
Not what you want to see popping around your trees.
This fungus kills many other trees beside oaks.

A Homestead Tree Service crew posing in the large crotch of the
historic Poway sycamore, Plantanus racemosa, after spending
all day pruning & restoring it. This was a co-champion big tree.