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Woolly Aphids

Eriosomatinae

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Field Notes

Description:

2-3 mm sized winged insect, with a fluffy "beard" around the tail, sitting on our fly screen. No idea what this could be - a fluffy ant?

Habitat:

garden

Notes:

@ nana

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (2)
KristalWatrous
It is a woolly aphid (family Aphididae, subfamily Eriosomatinae) - http://bugguide.net/node/view/347779.

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Mission
WILD Cities: Urban Biodiversity
Photographed
PublishedOctober 28, 2011

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