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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) » Chaitophorinae » Chaitophorini » Chaitophorus » Poplar Leaf Aphid (Chaitophorus populicola)
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what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola
Copyright © 2012 James Reben

what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
June 21, 2012
all over the tops of (I think Basswood.) this is happening...almost everwhere and I was hoping to know what is happening exactly.
It seems like 3 different kinds here.
Thanks

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what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola what's going on here? - Chaitophorus populicola
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Contributed by James Reben on 21 June, 2012 - 2:43pm
Last updated 22 October, 2021 - 1:27pm

Moved
Moved from Chaitophorus.
… Natalie Hernandez, 22 October, 2021 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

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… Ken Wolgemuth, 21 June, 2012 - 10:01pm login or register to post comments

Aphid Colony
These are aphids in the genus Chaitophorus being tended by ants. The aphids produce a sugary substance called honeydew as they feed on the plant's phloem. They pretty much just suck in plant sap then filter out the sugar and poop it out. The ants will defend the colony from predators so they can feed on the honeydew. The winged critters are just adult alates (alate means "has wings") and then the smaller red ones are nymphs, but they're both aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 21 June, 2012 - 3:52pm login or register to post comments

 
I've seen the same species
Is this Chaitophorus populicola?
… dgurv, 12 June, 2015 - 9:29pm login or register to post comments

 
Oh neat
thanks for the info there...I had heard of this but never saw aphids like these...

Thank you
… James Reben, 21 June, 2012 - 4:02pm login or register to post comments

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