Ken Ramos wrote:Probably the most notable thing about this little creature, is the fact that the two corniculum are missing from the posterior of the abdomen.

Ken, these are nice shots.
I'm no expert on these beasts, but I suspect you may have here one of those pesky adelgids.
Quoting from Bland & Jaques
How to Know the Insects (1978), "Family Adelgidae (=Chermidae) Pine and Spruce Aphids. The winged or wingless members of this family lack cornicles ... and wingless females are often covered with waxy filaments. These species live and feed only on needles, twigs, or in galls of conifers. Generally a different kind of conifer acts as an alternate host during part of the year."
There is another closely related family Pemphigidae (=Eriosomatidae), also with "small or absent" cornicles, but in that case "most members have wax glands that produce large amounts of wooly or waxy material that covers part or all of the body".
On the other hand, the good DrBugMan from last year confidently identified an almost naked bug as being Eriosomatidae

. It's hard to know exactly how to interpret the descriptions.
In any event, no cornicles means probably not Aphididae, but could be a closely related "aphid".
--Rik