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What is this?

turmericturmeric Posts: 830
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Hello everyone, I just made the mistake of looking underneath the leaves on my camellia...  Does anyone know what this is :
They're completely flat not like a worm or anything.  I don't think they're woolly aphids as they're one long, completely flat, strip of white with a sort of fluffy brown end.  I'm not sure they're even animals, maybe they're something else??  Any ideas? Many thanks.

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  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    They look like cushion scale, a sap sucking pest.
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    Never heard of that one Ladybird, I shall google it right now.  They're a bit sticky, does that sound right?
  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    I agree, the picture on the RHS website seems very similar.  Thanks Ladybird.
  • Ladybird4Ladybird4 Posts: 37,906
    You are most welcome
    Cacoethes: An irresistible urge to do something inadvisable
  • turmericturmeric Posts: 830
    Yuk.  I have just wiped as many as I can see off with washing up liquid.  I have never felt so itchy in my life.
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