Diptera.info :: Identification queries :: Other insects, spiders, etc.
 Giant aphid
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-05-2011 20:35
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Can anyone put a name to this huge (1cm) aphid? Seen yesterday (21/5/2011) in South Oxfordshire, England 
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 22-05-2011 21:11
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You saw it on what plant? because I can't see cornicle?! I want to be sure!
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-05-2011 21:13
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It was sitting on a metal gate-post but it was under a large tree that we call "Spindle" (Euonymus sp.)
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| Sara21392 |
Posted on 22-05-2011 21:28
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If it was on a needle leave tree (like Pine) I said it is Adelgidae but now I just know another family that doesn't have conicle and it is Aphididae and Eriosomatinae subfamily!! but this subfamily usually create scabies on their host plant and I don't know you saw it on that tree or no!? Sorry, I'd like to help but I think I couldn't!! 
Sincerely yours Sara |
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-05-2011 21:36
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A few meters along the hedge there are many Yew trees (Taxus baccata) so it's possible it came from them ... but I only saw this one so maybe it is impossible to say more ... never mind
Edited by ChrisR on 22-05-2011 21:36 Manager of the UK Species Inventory in the Angela Marmont Centre for UK Biodiversity at the Natural History Museum, London. |
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| Tony Irwin |
Posted on 22-05-2011 22:23
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Cinara piceae?
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| ChrisR |
Posted on 22-05-2011 22:25
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That looks like a spot-on match to me (with my very limited knowledge of aphids!)  Thanks Tony & Sara
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