Please i.d. this pest

I found these little black dots on many leaves and applea.

I used to know what this insectoid pest was but I forgot.

What is it and do I need to get rid of it and if so… how?

Thanx in advance.

Mike

I’ve never seen it but it looks like scale.

Dax

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Perhaps a type of flea beatle?

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Sure it is not artillery fungus?

@hoosierbanana.

No its not the fungus. It gomes off easily with a fingernail scrape. Sometomes leaving a streaky smudge like blood trail

Mike

This is crazy. I had something just like that on my windshield and as I drove down the road it left a tar trail behind it.