If the undersides of your hemlock branches look like they are dotted with tiny cotton balls, the tree may be infested with hemlock woolly adelgid.
This invasive insect is widespread across Connecticut, and late fall is when its white, woolly egg sacs become easiest to see at the base of the needles. The adelgids feed on stored nutrients, and infested hemlocks gradually thin, turn grayish, and lose new growth.
Hemlocks along Bristol, Burlington, and Wolcott property lines often serve as privacy screens, so decline shows up as gaps that widen year after year. Trees that are already badly thinned can become brittle and hazardous.
GM 2 Tree Services can look at your hemlocks, explain how far the damage has progressed, and recommend whether pruning, treatment options, or removal makes sense for each tree.
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An authentic close-up of the white woolly masses on the underside of a hemlock branch, plus a wider shot of a thinning hemlock screen. Real photos outperform stock insect images.
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