I am now wondering if there's any link between these and a type of
woolly aphids that appear annually on the same apple trees.

The gall aphids on apple are the same aphids that feed on elm foliage,
oddly enough. So if you have elms in your yard, you will have to watch
your apples for root galls!

Nina.

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