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Pods on my magnolia tree

Heather124Heather124 Posts: 1
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Hello!

I recently noticed some sort of a pod that had formed on most of the branches on my magnolia tree. Can anyone help me identify these? I removed one and it doesn't look like an insect!

thanks In advance!

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  • BobTheGardenerBobTheGardener Posts: 11,384

    Those are definitely scale insects Heather.

    A trowel in the hand is worth a thousand lost under a bush.
  • Chrissy the gardenerChrissy the gardener Posts: 1,072

    A good crop of scale insects and the magnolia looks quite large it might be a major job to remove the scale. I find the only methods that work are take them off manually or brush mentholated spirit on them.

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