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Tiny flying fluff ball - Eriosoma
Copyright © 2007 uhlee1

Tiny flying fluff ball - Eriosoma
Davenport, Iowa, USA
July 1, 2007
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Contributed by uhlee1 on 14 July, 2007 - 12:08am
Last updated 8 August, 2007 - 6:37pm

I'm no expert...
but it looks like you have some kind of woolly aphid:

The "fluff" is made up of filaments of wax.

Their appearance always strikes me as an odd combination of an insect with an angel in a ballerina outfit...
… Chuck Entz, 14 July, 2007 - 8:27am login or register to post comments

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