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Giant Bark Aphid - Longistigma caryae
Copyright © 2003 Lynette Schimming

Giant Bark Aphid - Longistigma caryae
Fort Bragg, Cumberland County, North Carolina, USA
November 12, 2003
Very large as aphids go....I thought it was some sort of fly for the longest time.
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Contributed by Lynette Schimming on 30 January, 2005 - 7:01am
Last updated 27 November, 2007 - 1:50pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… john and jane balaban, 19 February, 2007 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

I can see why you thought it was a fly!
One sure test for flies is to do a wing count. They always only have one pair. The second pair are reduced to a set of odd looking structures called halteres.
… Troy Bartlett, 30 January, 2005 - 10:37am login or register to post comments

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