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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) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Macrosiphum » Purple-spotted Lily Aphid (Macrosiphum lilii)
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6 legged little guys. - Macrosiphum lilii
Copyright © 2015 RubyG

6 legged little guys. - Macrosiphum lilii
Forest City, Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, USA
September 9, 2015
Size: About 2mm
Hello! I'm relatively new to this forum, any help would be greatly appreciated!
I just noticed these tiny creatures this morning while I was dividing some of my asiatic lily bulbs . I haven't found them, so far, on any other plants. But I must have thousands of them covering the lilies. What are these little guys?

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6 legged little guys. - Macrosiphum lilii 6 legged little guys. - Macrosiphum lilii
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Contributed by RubyG on 9 September, 2015 - 7:54am
Last updated 3 October, 2017 - 3:12pm

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Purple-spotted lily aphids I believe
Macrosiphum lilii.

… John Rosenfeld, 9 September, 2015 - 8:02am login or register to post comments

 
Thanks very much!
Thanks very much!
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