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Copyright © 2008
Ashley Bradford
Strange White Thing
Herndon, Fairfax County, Virginia, USA
August 27, 2006
This was so small down in the grass that I didn't know what I was shooting at the time, other than a white moving speck.
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Contributed by
Ashley Bradford
on 10 February, 2008 - 10:46am
Last updated 11 January, 2009 - 4:39pm
Not an expert
Maybe an expert can ID this, but it may be tough...
Dustywing
Whitefly
Barklice
Psyllid
Aphid
Scale
Well anyway I don't know but it may be hard.
Although the two little tails may help, they did make me double check aphids.
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John R. Maxwell
, 10 February, 2008 - 9:15pm
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Thanks for the guesses!
I hadn't heard of some of those before. None of them have the "tails", though. I wish I had another angle of it, but like I said, it was so small I didn't even know what I was shooting.
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Ashley Bradford
, 10 February, 2008 - 9:50pm
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Male scale insect.
This is actually a pretty remarkable image given how small the subject must be! I vote for a male scale insect of some kind.
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Eric R. Eaton
, 11 February, 2008 - 12:03pm
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That sounds plausible
though I haven't been able to find any pictures that look just like it. The form of this guy looks similar except he's lacking the tail filaments:
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Ashley Bradford
, 11 February, 2008 - 12:22pm
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