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Holly trees dying - Bark is covered with these
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Holly trees dying - Bark is covered with these
Camp Creek Run, Marlton, Burlington County, New Jersey, USA
September 4, 2014
Then I noticed that the bark is covered with these... Scale? Whitefly larvae?


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Holly trees dying - Bark is covered with these Holly trees dying - Bark is covered with these Holly trees dying - Bark is covered with these
Contributed by John R. Maxwell on 4 September, 2014 - 6:25pm
Last updated 5 September, 2014 - 3:15pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… John R. Maxwell, 5 September, 2014 - 3:15pm

Hmmm....
Were they moving? If not, they might be some kind of fungus.
… Nikole Loomis (Bush Cricket and Buckeye Lover), 5 September, 2014 - 9:20am

 
No
Not moving, well not at a speed that a human eye could see movement, but I can't see grass grow either. :-)
I'm now suspecting Asterolecanium puteanum (Holly Pit Scale) - at least for some of it.
https://extension.umd.edu/sites/default/files/_docs/programs/ipmnet/Scales-UnivOfMD.pdf - Page 8
http://www.freshfromflorida.com/Divisions-Offices/Florida-Forest-Service/Our-Forests/Forest-Health/Forest-Health-Publications/Insects-and-Diseases/Holly-Pit-Scale
http://www.ces.ncsu.edu/depts/ent/notes/O&T/specificplants/note143/note143.html
… John R. Maxwell, 5 September, 2014 - 9:43am

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