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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 » Aphidini » Aphidina » Aphis
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Unknown aphids - Aphis
Copyright © 2007 David Kleiman

Unknown aphids - Aphis
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
July 20, 2007
cute

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Unknown aphids - Aphis Unknown aphids - Eupeodes pomus
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Contributed by David Kleiman on 21 July, 2007 - 7:32pm
Last updated 30 September, 2021 - 5:08pm

Moved
Moved from larvae and pupae.

There is no fly larva in this photo.
… Charley Eiseman, 30 September, 2021 - 5:08pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphis.
… Even Dankowicz, 30 September, 2021 - 4:03pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from subgenus Metasyrphus larvae and puparia.
… Charley Eiseman, 11 January, 2021 - 5:57am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphis.
… Even Dankowicz, 10 January, 2021 - 10:23pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 22 December, 2010 - 5:00pm login or register to post comments

ID
Aphis.
… Andrew Jensen, 22 December, 2010 - 4:58pm login or register to post comments

Raspberry?
The prickles and grooved stem are suggestive of raspberry (Rubus), do you recall? Do you have a wider view of the plant?
… John Pearson, 8 December, 2009 - 5:04pm login or register to post comments

 
Wider view coming
I posted this image in 2007, so I definitely do not recall, but this image was cropped and I have another wider shot that might help in a plant ID. I'll post them now.
… David Kleiman, 8 December, 2009 - 7:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Hmm...
Opposite, simple leaves... not like any Rubus I know. I hope John recognizes it.

The larva, though, is one of the aphid-eating syrphids, subfamily Syrphinae--similar to this one:
… Charley Eiseman, 9 December, 2009 - 9:36am login or register to post comments

 
Teasel
Charley is right about the opposite leaves - strike raspberry. I pored through manuals searching for plants with prickly, ridged stems and opposite leaves that are slightly joined at their bases, with prickles on the underside midvein, and with axillary buds...and found a good-fitting candidate in Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum). The flowering head is quite distinctive (see the hyperlinked PLANTS gallery) - did you happen to see that large, thistle-like structure in the field?
… John Pearson, 9 December, 2009 - 9:41pm login or register to post comments

Nice!
And they come in all sizes! Hope you get an ID on these.
… Ron Hemberger, 21 July, 2007 - 8:00pm login or register to post comments

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