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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 » Maple aphids (Periphyllus)
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Boxelder Aphids - Periphyllus
Copyright © 2015 Nancy Kent

Boxelder Aphids - Periphyllus
Wildwood Park; Radford, Virginia, USA
May 17, 2015
Are these syrphid fly larvae?
Are the smaller whitish critters in the upper right area of the image also larvae or are they aphids? Or what?! They were being tended by ants on a stem of Acer negundo.
I'd like an ID, please.

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Contributed by Nancy Kent on 17 May, 2015 - 1:18pm
Last updated 24 September, 2020 - 3:44pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.

I linked this image with the other three since they are the same colony.
… Natalie Hernandez, 24 September, 2020 - 3:44pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks!
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… Nancy Kent, 24 September, 2020 - 7:40pm login or register to post comments

On what plant?
Aphid pics should always be captioned with the plant species where known.
The ant is Prenolepis imparis.
… James C. Trager, 19 December, 2018 - 3:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes,
the plant species as stated in the info under the photo is Acer negundo,
Boxelder.
Thanks for the ant ID!
… Nancy Kent, 19 December, 2018 - 3:40pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… v belov, 12 July, 2015 - 3:06am login or register to post comments

aphids
I think that all of the green insects are aphids.
compare to
… Even Dankowicz, 17 May, 2015 - 1:33pm login or register to post comments

 
That's what I thought.
I appreciate your confirmation.
BTW-Are the smaller whitish ones just younger aphids?
… Nancy Kent, 17 May, 2015 - 2:07pm login or register to post comments

 
That is be my impression as w
That is be my impression as well.
… Even Dankowicz, 17 May, 2015 - 2:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks,
I do appreciate your info and patience!
… Nancy Kent, 17 May, 2015 - 2:40pm login or register to post comments

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