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Woolly Alder Aphid

Prociphilus tessellatus

Photo by Tamarac Denis
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Habitat:

One truck (inch in diameter) of small live deciduous tree in area of mixed deciduous and coniferous forest.

Notes:

Spotted at Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, Flat Lake Trail.

Species ID Suggestions

Woolly Alder Aphid

Prociphilus tessellatus

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Comments (4)
ForestDragon
These are pretty neat. I found some here as well. This should be moved to the Arthropods section :).
Sintija Valucka
wow, didn't know that there are wooly aphids on this planet!!!! Amazing!!!! :)

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Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge
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PublishedSeptember 19, 2013

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