Months sighted in garden
Woolly apple aphid
Eriosoma lanigerum
An informal survey of the plant and animal life living in or visiting the grounds of Pointfield, Kelso since 2015
Hemiptera
White cotton-wool-like patches on the trunk of an apple tree. This deposit is a protective wax secreted by aphids that are just visible in the picture above. Present on the trunk of the apple tree adjacent to the compost bin.