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Photo by IanWongkar
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Field Notes

Notes:

Length about 2.5 cm

Species ID Suggestions

Asian Woolly Hackberry Aphid

Shivaphis celti

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MaryEvans2
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Comments (10)
IanWongkar
Is it a kind of Flatidae nymph (have a tail of waxy filaments)? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flatidae
Leuba Ridgway
The suggested ID - asian wooly hackberry aphid is only about 2mm in length.
IanWongkar
ChunXingWong, I've corrected the color in the photo so it looked like when I saw it.
IanWongkar
This impressed me because the insects are relatively large in size and can fly.
ChunXingWong
May I know what is it's true color? I mean it's original color underneath those white hairs. I have seen one here in Malaysia too, also about 1 inch. The one I spotted is yellow underneath those white hairs.
LarsKorb
wow...now that's alien-like..
MaryEvans2
Or possibly the Mealy bug destroyer- http://bugguide.net/index.php?q=search&a...
IanWongkar
Yes it is about an inch. This insect flew into the bush before I managed to take a picture again.
C.Sydes
Do you really mean 2.5 CM, that's about an inch - impressive

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PublishedFebruary 6, 2012

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