Glenys said:
We have some wierd things living on one of our blackcurrant bushes!
I have enclosed the only pjhoto I could find of it on the web, but it
had no discription, so am still in the dark.

It looks abit like the shell of a wood louse, but under it is a thick
lump of what appears to be white gloop, but when it is disturbed, the
white bit pulls out like sticky silk/candyfloss fibre.

Any suggestions, eradications, and if there are any natural predators we
can introduce instead.

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Hard to tell as the photo is small, but I am thinking it's cottony cushion
scale.

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7410.html

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Pat in Plymouth MI

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