These are pretty common on alder trees... just look for white woolly clusters. The white "wool" is actually a waxy secretion on the abdomen of the aphid. At certain times of the year, lurking amongst them, might the larvae of the Harvester butterfly. It is unique amongst our local butterflies, for being a carnivorous butterfly caterpillar: http://www.pbase.com/image/151813464
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