Thought it looked like HWA but not super familiar with them. I know they are typically found along the bases of the needles and these were mostly at the ends. Alternate ID could be an spider egg sac/mass? - ignore my dirty fingernails pls
Zoomed in photo of lower branches. Part of known population reported to CFIA.
Known record, identified by CFIA during detection surveys.
Identified this year for first time in our old growth hemlock stand.