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parasitized aphid mummy with exit hole - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female
Copyright © 2016 Salvador Vitanza

parasitized aphid mummy with exit hole - Acyrthosiphon pisum - Female
Las Cruces, Dona Ana County, New Mexico, USA
March 1, 2016
Acyrthosiphon pisum was the only aphid species that I found today in alfalfa, so I assume this mummy was also a pea aphid, but I consider this ID as tentative waiting confirmation by an expert.

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parasitized aphid mummy with exit hole - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female parasitized aphid mummy with exit hole - Acyrthosiphon pisum - female
Contributed by Salvador Vitanza on 1 March, 2016 - 8:23pm

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