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| FRV |
Posted on 30-10-2018 18:27
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Hi, I would like to identify this aphid photographed at the end of August in the suburbs of Paris (on a lawn). 2-3mm. Any idea of it identity? Thanks for help, FRV FRV attached the following image:  [192.68Kb] |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 30-10-2018 18:58
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 Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
I might be helpful to know the host plant... |
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| FRV |
Posted on 30-10-2018 19:38
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
I think it may be the curly dock Rumex cripus. |
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| Sundew |
Posted on 30-10-2018 19:52
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Member Location: Berlin and Baden-Württemberg, Germany Posts: 3917 Joined: 28.07.07 |
So Aphis evonymi comes close, which does not only feed on Euonymus europaeus, but may also live on Rumex - see http://influentia..._aphid.htm. I wished I knew Aphids better! Regards, Sundew |
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| FRV |
Posted on 30-10-2018 20:25
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Member Location: Posts: 456 Joined: 19.06.18 |
Thanks Sundew, actually I have checked from pictures on internet and my specimen very much looks like Aphis evonymi! FRV |
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