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Suborder Sternorrhyncha - Plant-parasitic Hemipterans

Aleyrodoidea · Aphidoidea · Scales and Mealybugs · Phylloxeroidea · Psylloidea

Superfamily Aleyrodoidea
Whitefly Tiny White Bug Whitefly Tiny Zephyr - Bemisia argentifolii Tiny Zephyr - Bemisia argentifolii 4 wings, two eyes, 2 antennae and 6 legs - I am clueless! Scale Insect - Trialeurodes Whiteflies

Superfamily Aphidoidea
Uknown eggs (?) on Grape Vine Aphids - Macrosiphum euphorbiae Aphids... what kind? colorful spiny aphid Sumac Gall Aphid - Melaphis rhois Aphids or something?? - Pterocomma Poplar Aphids, 4:31pm - Chaitophorus populicola Fancy Aphid - Myzocallis

Superfamily Coccoidea - Scales and Mealybugs
cochineal scale on cactus pad - Dactylopius scales? The Descent of Ceroplastes - Ceroplastes Cottony Cushion Scale - Icerya purchasi White Louse Scale-but what kind scale - Aulacaspis yasumatsui fun with scales - female

Superfamily Phylloxeroidea
galls on spruce - Adelges abietis Pine Tree Gall - Adelges abietis Shagbark hickory Phylloxera - Phylloxera - female leaf gall on shagbark hickory - Phylloxera leaf gall on shagbark hickory - Phylloxera Spores or Galls - Daktulosphaira vitifoliae Galls - back of leaf - Phylloxera Eggs - Phylloxera

Superfamily Psylloidea
leafhopper or planthopper? - Pachypsylla leafhopper or planthopper? - Pachypsylla Plant louse nymph, Psyllid Plant louse, Psyllid Manzanita psyllid nymph Jumping Plant Louse Psyllid? Psyllid


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