Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Register
·
Log In
Home
Guide
ID Request
Recent
Frass
Forums
Donate
Help
Clickable Guide
Calendar
Upcoming Events
Registration
is open for the
2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho
July 24-27
Moth submissions
from
National Moth Week 2023
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico
, July 20-24
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana
, April 28-May 2
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2019 gathering in Louisiana
, July 25-27
Photos of
insects
and
people
from the
2018 gathering in Virginia
, July 27-29
Previous events
Taxonomy
Browse
Info
Images
Links
Books
Data
Home
» Guide »
Arthropods (Arthropoda)
»
Hexapods (Hexapoda)
»
Insects (Insecta)
»
True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera)
»
Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha)
»
Aphidoidea
»
Aphids (Aphididae)
»
Giant Aphids (Lachninae)
»
Eulachnini
»
Giant Conifer Aphids (Cinara)
Photo#1384449
Copyright © 2017
msilver2
bug on milkweed -
Cinara
Denver, Denver County, Colorado, USA
June 11, 2017
Size: 1/8 - 3/16 inche
This bug, and several others like him, were parked all day on a milkweed plant. What was it doing?
Images of this individual:
tag all
tag
·
login
or
register
to post comments
Contributed by
msilver2
on 13 June, 2017 - 6:39pm
Last updated 4 July, 2017 - 12:41pm
Moved
Moved from
Aphids
.
…
Ken Wolgemuth
, 4 July, 2017 - 12:41pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Maybe probing.
This is in the genus Cinara, which are tree feeders. Specifically Pine and Cypress. They definitely don't feed on Milkweed, but if a hostplant was nearby several could have just landed on the Milkweed and started probing. Checking if it is a hostplant they prefer or not. Also at this time of year they're likely all females reproducing asexually. Males are rare and only produced when they need fertilized eggs for overwintering.
…
Natalie Hernandez
, 4 July, 2017 - 11:42am
login
or
register
to post comments
Natalie: what you say makes s
Natalie: what you say makes sense: the milkweed plant is right under a pine tree
…
msilver2
, 4 July, 2017 - 6:07pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Moved
Moved from
ID Request
.
…
Ken Wolgemuth
, 13 June, 2017 - 7:21pm
login
or
register
to post comments
Comment viewing options
Flat list - collapsed
Flat list - expanded
Threaded list - collapsed
Threaded list - expanded
Date - newest first
Date - oldest first
10 comments per page
30 comments per page
50 comments per page
70 comments per page
90 comments per page
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.