Dear Extension, We just planted a new Japanese maple tree (about 6-7 feet tall) this past fall (Nov. 2020) in our front yard in Rockville, MD. When the buds emerged on the tree in early March, there were little black bugs all over every single leaf bud; I don't have any pictures of those but they were about the size of a sesame seed and didn't have wings from what I could tell; they had legs but I didn't count them. They didn't look like spider mites though. I left them alone. When the leaves emerged a few weeks ago, I couldn't see the black bugs anymore so I thought everything was ok. About a week or two later, I noticed what you see in the attached pictures on all of the leaves, both the top and bottom sides of the leaves. They look like little golden brown 'bugs' with what look like legs but they don't move and don't squish. They are also easy to remove from the leaf and there isn't any damage on the leaf underneath the 'bugs' if you remove them. However, there are too many of them on every leaf so I can't systematically go around the tree and remove them all. I'm just wondering if you know what this is and if I need to be worried about it. I just don't want my new Japanese maple tree to die! Thank you for your advice!