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Oleander Aphids - Aphis nerii
Copyright © 2004 Cotinis

Oleander Aphids - Aphis nerii
Durham County, North Carolina, USA
August 24, 2004
These were on Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata. A Swamp Milkweed Beetle intrudes from the right. (As far as I could tell it did not eat aphids or their honeydew.)
Contributed by Cotinis on 25 August, 2004 - 7:54pm

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