Tree ID / arborist?

[cadetcandi]

Hello, here's what they look like. I'm going to see if I can take better clearer pics in a minute.

[cadetcandi]

Hello. Wondering if someone might be able to tell me what kind of bush/tree this is.

[Irving]

What the heck is this stuff on the bottom of the branches of my tree? It looks like this is what causes my tree to sap so badly. It is a problem for my neighbor and I. This looks like something that is separate from the tree though. What is this, and is it treatable? When you smash these, the pop with red goop like you can see on my fingers.

[buffalobo]

Zombie larvae?



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[Irving]

Yeah, the picture came out surprisingly clear and it looks much worse in the picture.

[Monky]

Zombie larvae?



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+1


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[Brian]

Looks like scale. Good luck, those things are nasty. Depending on the tree and the specific bug, I think you can spray a special oil on them when the babies hatch (little bugs hiding under the shells), and then do it again 2 weeks later and again in the winter (or something like that). I'm not a tree guy, but I've definitely seen those before.

[Irving]

Just looked it up. That does look like what I have. I never would have noticed this had I not been on my roof looking directly at the tree. So one more thing to worry about around the house...

[Brian]

One other thing... that "sap" you mentioned might also be scale poop. They call it "honeydew" and it can also cause mold, or at least encourage it. If I remember right, a lot of the black mold some of our trees had on them was supposedly caused by scale honeydew.

[newracer]

That's not sap falling from your tree, it's poop.