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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) » Woolly Aphids and Gall-making Aphids (Eriosomatinae) » Pemphigini » Prociphilus
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Aphid - Prociphilus
Copyright © 2012 Richard Migneault

Aphid - Prociphilus
Edmundston , Madawaska County, New Brunswick, Canada
July 30, 2011
What family could this be. Is that white stuff a kind of fungus or a normal thing for that species?
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Contributed by Richard Migneault on 3 March, 2012 - 9:44am
Last updated 13 March, 2012 - 4:42pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… john and jane balaban, 13 March, 2012 - 4:42pm login or register to post comments

white stuff = normal wax coating
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 3 March, 2012 - 9:53am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks V. I have seen a lot
Thanks V. I have seen a lot of these wooly aphids on alders but never with wings.. Would that be a queen as for the ants?
… Richard Migneault, 3 March, 2012 - 11:03am login or register to post comments

 
No.
Aphids reproduce by parthenogenesis, females give birth to a bunch of females. When the population gets to high, or when a certain time of year comes they produce alates, winged morphs, to disperse. Males are rarely produced, and when they are it is later in the season so specific females can produce eggs for overwintering.

This looks like the genus Prociphilus but its always so hard to tell from images.
… Natalie Hernandez, 13 March, 2012 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks Nathalie for this very
Thanks Nathalie for this very interesting information!
… Richard Migneault, 13 March, 2012 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

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