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tiny black humpback aphid

Photo by Ingrid3
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Field Notes

Description:

tiny mm length, long antennae, black body, humpback thorax, grey rounded abdomen, wings held at a nearly 90o angle over body extending far beyond tip of abdomen, red eyes

Notes:

Order Hemiptera
Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea »
Aphids (Aphididae)
Subfamily Aphidiinae
BUGGUIDE

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Mark Ridgway
Doesn't quite look flyish to me... eyes far apart... antennae quite long... some other bug maybe?....

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Wildlife of Northeastern USA
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National Geographic's Great Nature Project

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PublishedOctober 17, 2013

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