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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » True Bugs, Cicadas, Hoppers, Aphids and Allies (Hemiptera) » Plant-parasitic Hemipterans (Sternorrhyncha) » Aphidoidea » Aphids (Aphididae) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Macrosiphum
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Green aphid giving birth - Macrosiphum - female
Copyright © 2005 Richard Leung

Green aphid giving birth - Macrosiphum - Female
Springfield, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
April 24, 2005
Found on a rose.
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Contributed by Richard Leung on 25 April, 2005 - 10:46pm
Last updated 8 December, 2009 - 12:05am

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 8 December, 2009 - 12:05am login or register to post comments

ID
This is one of the Macrosiphum species that feed on Rose.
… Andrew Jensen, 7 December, 2009 - 11:59pm login or register to post comments

Might this be a rose aphid?
I'm totally ignorant on this and color looks different, but check out:
http://mamba.bio.uci.edu/~pjbryant/biodiv/hemipt/Rose%20Aphid.htm
… Ron Hemberger, 1 January, 2007 - 1:22am login or register to post comments

 
I think
you might be right, Ron.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 July, 2008 - 10:13pm login or register to post comments

 
Well, that would be a first!
Thanks for the vote of confidence, Lynette.
… Ron Hemberger, 7 July, 2008 - 12:38am login or register to post comments

 
well
I may have spoke too soon. :) I guess there are quite a few aphids that feed on rose. The green peach aphid is also very commonly found on rose. You can see them here.
… Lynette Elliott, 7 July, 2008 - 8:37am login or register to post comments

 
You're in the clear
"think" and "might" hedged your comment enough. (When I was an advertising genius, we called these weasel words.)
… Ron Hemberger, 7 July, 2008 - 12:36pm login or register to post comments

 
that's me
the weasel entomologist. :)
… Lynette Elliott, 7 July, 2008 - 3:14pm login or register to post comments

WOW
That is an incredible shot! Excellent work!
… Aaron Michael Peterson, 8 May, 2006 - 9:58pm login or register to post comments

Wow
Amazing photo!
… Lynette Elliott, 26 April, 2005 - 5:24am login or register to post comments

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