Various bacterial sprays such as Bt/Spinosad and stomach insecticides such as carbaryl (Sevin) are used to control infestations.

Insecticidal soap will control bad infestations.

It is used in vineyards, fruit-farms and gardens to control infestations of downy mildew, powdery mildew and other fungi.

A ladybird beetle Chilocorus stigma feeds on this scale and is common throughout most of the Eastern United States, but this predator does not reduce scale populations sufficiently to control infestations.

To control adult infestations: Harboring sites can be sprayed with an insecticide.

It reproduces rapidly and can produce up to seventy progeny per female and is very successful at controlling heavy infestations.

Furthermore, the findings suggest, heavy dependence on chemicals to control weeds, crop diseases and insect infestations long ago reached the point of diminishing returns.

Controlling new infestations is more effective, and oftentimes more feasible, than trying to control large infestations.

The use of insecticides may help to control infestations temporarily but this is not advised because of the adverse effects on the environment and any existing predators.

Mating disruption (MD) is a pest management technique designed to control certain insect infestations.