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curious cluster - Longistigma caryae
Copyright © 2007 Meghan

curious cluster - Longistigma caryae
Audubon, PA; specimens observed on an American sycamore, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, USA
October 27, 2005
Contributed by Meghan on 10 August, 2007 - 3:10pm
Last updated 6 March, 2010 - 11:10am

Moved
Moved from Giant Willow Aphid.
American sycamore is not a right host for Tuberolachnus salignus. This species lives on willows. These aphids are Longistigma caryae.
… Claude Pilon, 6 March, 2010 - 11:10am

giant willow aphid
T.salignus
… Christina , 14 August, 2007 - 12:41am

 
Thanks so much - I've never s
Thanks so much - I've never seen them so big!
… Meghan, 28 August, 2007 - 2:26pm

Aphids.
These are aphids. Pretty distinctive coloration, and knowing the host tree helps, too. Someone should be able to give a species ID at some point.
… Eric R. Eaton, 10 August, 2007 - 4:29pm

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