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 White furry hovering thing > woolly aphid!
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 06-06-2010 11:21
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 Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
I'm sorry I have no picture to show, but maybe someone can help from my description: I was in Cheshire, England yesterday on a lawn near trees and saw what at a distance I thought might be something like a male Leucophenga. It settled briefly on my black shirt (concert dress!) but I had no camera and nothing to collect in. It was 3-4mm long, the thorax covered in long thick white fur and the greyish abdomen with a fringe of the same thick fur. The wings (I could only see one pair) were rather round in outline with no obvious scales or hairs, and without colour. The flight was a drifting hover, presumably a sexual display, over the open lawn 10-15m from the trees. I only saw one, which I watched for several minutes. Any (polite please, Roger  ) suggestions welcome!
Edited by Stephen R on 06-06-2010 15:47 |
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| pwalter |
Posted on 06-06-2010 15:17
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 Member Location: Miskolc, Hungary Posts: 3555 Joined: 06.11.08 |
Hi, maybe Phyllaphis fagi? Eriosoma sp? Anyway, seems to be a wooly aphid. Walter Walter Pfliegler - Amateur Nature Photographer from Hungary (and molecular biologist) |
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| Stephen R |
Posted on 06-06-2010 15:43
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Member Location: Clitheroe Lancashire UK Posts: 2396 Joined: 12.06.09 |
Thanks Walter. I did wonder about that. Sorry I picked the wrong forum Stephen. |
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