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kdec04kdec04 Posts: 5
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Hi can anyone help me out pls and tell me what these are??they are all the way up the tree and all over the paved area surrounding🤷🏻‍♂️The tree itself is 50%covered in them and has been leaking Sap for 4-5 weeks now??

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  • kdec04kdec04 Posts: 5
    Hi... yes I live close to Brighton !thankyou for ur reply , I looked at the link 👍👍would you say they look like st marks?? 
  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    Looks like some kind of conifer aphid to me but it's hard to tell. There's definitely some aphids in that last photo. A feast for the birds though and I doubt they can do much harm to a tree of that size.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • kdec04kdec04 Posts: 5
    Funnily enough this week the birds have been feasting in the tree😂👍my main concern was if the tree would be damaged so glad to hear they won’t ..thanks for the reply👍Will they disappear on their own accord or is action needed...🤷🏻‍♂️
  • kdec04kdec04 Posts: 5
    Pansyface... thanks for ur help 👍👍
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    A bit more info

    https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife-explorer/invertebrates/flies/st-marks-fly

     :) 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • kdec04kdec04 Posts: 5
    Thankyou... harmless it seems ,but glad when they’ve gone as bit fed up of taking them through the house after being in garden 🤦🏻‍♂️😂
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