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I need some help identify these bugs

beanie473yYLFwxGZbeanie473yYLFwxGZ Posts: 3
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I have found these bugs on a tree and there are wasps, I think, buzzing around them but not eating them. What are they? Please help. 
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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Hello @beanie473yYLFwxGZ
    and welcome to the forum 😊 

    Thats a heavy infestation of scale insects 

    https://www.gardenersworld.com/how-to/solve-problems/scale-insects/

    They such the sap from plants and exude a sweet liquid that the wasps will be eating at this time of year. 

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





  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I wondered if they were blackfly. I tried enlarging the photo but it's not clear enough. Ants milk blackfly for their honeydew.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Looks like blackfly,  try gently rubbing them off.  Can you get a decent photo of them? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • beanie473yYLFwxGZbeanie473yYLFwxGZ Posts: 3
    These photos are better. 
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Have they got legs?

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





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Looks like they do have legs but blowing up the photo it just goes blurred.

    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • beanie473yYLFwxGZbeanie473yYLFwxGZ Posts: 3
    They do have legs but I don’t want to get any closer. 
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    beanie473yYLFwxGZ said:
    They do have legs but I don’t want to get any closer. 
    Why not? 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Busy-LizzieBusy-Lizzie Posts: 24,043
    I'll stick with my earlier answer of blackfly. Spray them off with soapy water. If you can bear it then put on a pair of gloves and wipe them off.
    Dordogne and Norfolk. Clay in Dordogne, sandy in Norfolk.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Turn a strong jet of water from the hosepipe in them. 

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





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