Hi,
This is appearing on the trees in our nursery. It is defiantly sucking the sap out of the trees, targeting the nodes. It is like a white silky substance and when I squish it with my fingers there is some purple liquid, presumably insect blood.
I have tried white oil on it, but that hasn't seemed to have affected it much.
Any ideas and treatment would be much appreciated.
It's possible that these might be soft scale insects and/or their egg masses - see http://www.brisbaneinsects.com/brisbane_softbugs/images/wpe20.jpg for an example
