Managed urban greenspaces can host surprisingly diverse arthropod communities. At the same time, ornamental plants in urban greenspaces can host high densities of pests that often necessitate insecticide applications. Chemical interventions can make plants inhospitable for beneficial arthropod taxa and will reduce the ability of the surrounding landscape to conserve arthropods. Thus far, limited research has examined how urban greenspaces can be managed to both conserve arthropods and meet pest management goals. In this presentation I will summarize current and planned research projects in my lab group that seek to simultaneously provide resources to arthropods while managing scale insects on urban trees.