What are these things?

[flatfoot]

I have seen these before in the same area a few years back. They are always on the limbs about head high and they are moving. Looks like something ant size or smaller waving a piece of cotton.

 

[treemanjohn]

Wooly aphids

 

[JustUs4All]

Those are cotton waving ants. They used to be the mascot of Southern Mississippi.

 

[Jester896]

Those are cotton waving ants. They used to be the mascot of Southern Mississippi.

that was before the Golden Eagles ate them all

 

[flatfoot]

Wooly aphids

Thanks, I read up on them and have learned something new.

 

[Shadow11]

Those things are neat to watch. I had some one time on a limb behind the house. It was the one and only time I've ever seen any in my life. That was about 8 years ago I guess. They never returned for whatever reason.