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.
CFIA known site. A sad day.
Known record, identified by CFIA during detection surveys.
Identified this year for first time in our old growth hemlock stand.