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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) » Fordini » Melaphis » Sumac Gall Aphid (Melaphis rhois)
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Sumac galls - Melaphis rhois
Copyright © 2007 Ilona L.

Sumac galls - Melaphis rhois
Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin, USA
July 11, 2007
These galls are present on some of the sumac in the park. I opened one up and will post the photo of the contents with another photo.

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Sumac galls - Melaphis rhois aphids in sumac gall - Melaphis rhois
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Contributed by Ilona L. on 12 July, 2007 - 1:51pm
Last updated 18 August, 2011 - 10:54am

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 14 October, 2009 - 11:17am login or register to post comments

They are most likely to be ga
They are most likely to be gall wasp egg sacs.
… bugmom, 12 July, 2007 - 4:12pm login or register to post comments

 
These are actually aphid colo
These are actually aphid colonies
… Dennis Profant, 12 July, 2007 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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