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Potato Aphids - Macrosiphum euphorbiae
Copyright © 2008 Ted Kropiewnicki

Potato Aphids - Macrosiphum euphorbiae
New Castle County, Delaware, USA
May 24, 2008
Size: adult ~ 2 mm, litt < 1 mm
I noticed the little guys only after I looked at the image on my computer; I can only guess that they were much less than 1 mm long. They were sitting on a flower petal of Yellow Flag Iris (Iris pseudacorus).
Contributed by Ted Kropiewnicki on 27 May, 2008 - 11:16pm
Last updated 14 December, 2009 - 10:11pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 December, 2009 - 8:32pm

ID
Macrosiphum euphorbiae
… Andrew Jensen, 14 December, 2009 - 8:20pm

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