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Up to town today, and while waiting for the number 12 bendy bus, 12-year-old and I examine the trunk of a lime tree overhanging the stop.
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Gardeners' World Web User
29/08/2008 at 13:42
Reply to R. W. Gellatly. You probably have the brown or soft scale, Parthenolecanium corni. It usually doesn't do much harm, and because it's the same colour as the stems it is easily overlooked.
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16/08/2009 at 10:08
[...] There's a good picture on the BBC Gardeners' World blog which looks very similar to my photograph. Bark life | Wildlife | Gardening Blog | Talk | BBC Gardeners' World Thanks, [...]
Gardeners' World Web User
28/11/2011 at 18:37
the scale insects look really big to what we find on some of our shrubs or vines, but we are not troubled by them very much I'am pleased to say.
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