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Spruce tree bugs
Copyright © 2012 Steve McKechnie

Spruce tree bugs
White Fox, Torch River, Saskatchewan, Canada
June 12, 2012
Size: less than 3 mm.
A late blooming spruce tree with a lot of ants and bugs on some of the branches.
Are these the cause or the result of a unhealthy tree.

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Contributed by Steve McKechnie on 12 June, 2012 - 2:05pm
Last updated 23 January, 2013 - 10:18am

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 23 January, 2013 - 10:19am login or register to post comments

 
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Thank you Natalie. I had forgoten about these.
… Steve McKechnie, 23 January, 2013 - 6:13pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Brad Barnd, 7 July, 2012 - 2:43am login or register to post comments

Aphids
Maybe something in Lachninae.
… Ken Wolgemuth, 28 June, 2012 - 9:49pm login or register to post comments

 
Aphids
Thank you Ken. The small ~4mm ants have been replaced by black ~7mm ants, the aphids are mostly gone. The tree is still budding and may even grow an inch this year.
… Steve McKechnie, 29 June, 2012 - 4:36am login or register to post comments

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