This time of year I check my fruit trees every few days for any sign of problems. This evening I came across  the ugliest critter I've ever seen. It looks like a cross between a space alien and a deep sea relic of the paleozoic age. A quick flick of the finger knocked him off. 

No room for ugly things in my garden.

Hey Blake... I get those on the citrus, but liked you I don't know what they're called... I use a water/fabric softener mix and spray down the tree, works well for other bugs too... Real light mix though, I usually just eyeball it to where the water turns slightly blueish...

I've been reading up on it. Apparently this is a cottony cushion scale insect. A sap sucker, but easily dealt with.

Hi Elfarach 
The  commun name is citrus mealy bug.
Cientific name is Planococcus citri .  They are sap suckers.
Hope it helps.

I'm going with space alien.

Looks like a sea Deval

Wekadog is definetley correct, it's Icerya purchasi

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icerya_purchasi

Better than the super camouflaged scale I typically see... I think its actually kind of cute.

holy crap imagining picking a fruit or grabbing a cutting then feeling that...