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Subgenus Uroleucon (Uroleucon Subgenus Uroleucon)
Photo#1390331
Copyright © 2017
Ken Childs
Red aphids on giant ragweed. -
Uroleucon
Beech Bluff, Madison County, Tennessee, USA
June 22, 2017
Plant is Ambrosia trifida.
Contributed by
Ken Childs
on 23 June, 2017 - 9:41am
Last updated 4 July, 2017 - 4:31pm
Moved
Moved from
Aphids
.
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Ken Childs
, 4 July, 2017 - 4:31pm
Uroleucon
Probably Uroleucon ambrosiae.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 4 July, 2017 - 10:18am
Do you think it's safe to mov
Do you think it's safe to move it to the U. ambrosiae page or should I just go with Uroleucon sp.?
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Ken Childs
, 4 July, 2017 - 1:52pm
I'd leave it at genus.
Uroleucon is such a mess, I'm never positive on species with these, even when I'm looking at a slide mounted specimen I can magnify a billion times. 😄
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Natalie Hernandez
, 4 July, 2017 - 4:27pm