i wasn't sure where to post this because i dont know what it is but thought someone here might be able to help.

i have a lovely little maple tree/bush and have found some kind of bug living on it (i am thinking its a parasite and will end up hurting the tree)
can any one help id what it is (i say it! but there is lots of them)

description is flat plated looking lice with webbing under each of them.

here is a piccy i got of them .

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Hiya Ladyboid,

It's cottony scale bugs there are thousands of different species usually specialising in a particular group of plants or shrubs.

They're kindof cool in their way being hermaphrodites with up to 7 forms of parthenogenesis!

I use a starch based treatment called Majestik but I think it's German so you should be able to find something similar in garden centres.

A heavy infestation will eventually damage the plant seriously and cause dieback so it is best treated

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thank you

so just have to find some stuff to treat the plant then, i dont want to loose the plant its my fave one in the garden

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