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Aphids?
Copyright © 2007 Ken Schneider

Aphids?
Redwood City, San Mateo County, California, USA
October 21, 2007
Size: 1 mm
Found this group of white "hairs" and numerous minute eggs and 1-mm, white moth-like (?) bugs on the underside of a leaf from an ornamental shrub. Cropped image. Any ideas of insect order, at least? Thanks!

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Contributed by Ken Schneider on 21 October, 2007 - 9:03pm
Last updated 25 October, 2007 - 11:14am

Have a look at these
I stumbled across a couple of images you might be interested in.
… John R. Maxwell, 25 October, 2007 - 8:12am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks so much John!
These pictures are an excellent match for what I'm seeing! You and Dr. Hamilton have both come to the same conclusion - thanks for your help! I'm hesitant to assume that we've found the precise species without some further confirmation, but I will put these pics into the Whitefly family if there are no objections...
… Ken Schneider, 25 October, 2007 - 10:10am login or register to post comments

Not an ID
But you might take a look in aphids, likely woolly aphids.
http://bugguide.net/node/view/147/bgpage
… John R. Maxwell, 22 October, 2007 - 10:56am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
I've now added some backlit, poor quality photos of the small bugs on the leaf, taken with a digital camera pointed down the ocular of a compound microscope (at 40X total mag). These seem to show winged aphids with cornicles. Maybe not wooly aphids, as there doesn't seem to be hair on these insects? Maybe a gall induced by aphids? Help!
… Ken Schneider, 23 October, 2007 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

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