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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) » Parasitized / Mummies
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4.5 mm aquatic(?) insect, no wings, Kootenays, Fernie, BC, May 2012
Copyright © 2017 Emily McAuley

4.5 mm aquatic(?) insect, no wings, Kootenays, Fernie, BC, May 2012
Fernie, British Columbia, Canada
May 20, 2012
Size: 4.5 mm
Main picture is dorsal view. Second is lateral. Third is ventral.

4.5 mm long, no visible wings or wing buds, abdomen has maybe 8 or 9 segments, mouthparts appear to be modified for sucking, 3 pairs of segmented legs. I have several specimens from separate aquatic samples, so I'm assuming it's aquatic. No obvious gills, though it does have 2 short dorsal tubes near the end/sides of its abdomen. Eyes have a compound appearance, though again, not totally sure.

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4.5 mm aquatic(?) insect, no wings, Kootenays, Fernie, BC, May 2012 4.5 mm aquatic(?) insect, no wings, Kootenays, Fernie, BC, May 2012 4.5 mm aquatic(?) insect, no wings, Kootenays, Fernie, BC, May 2012
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Contributed by Emily McAuley on 18 July, 2017 - 2:48pm
Last updated 14 October, 2020 - 3:17pm

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… Natalie Hernandez, 14 October, 2020 - 3:17pm login or register to post comments

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… Even Dankowicz, 21 August, 2017 - 4:17pm login or register to post comments

This looks like ...
... an aphid mummmy (an aphid that has been parasitized by an Aphidiinae [Braconidae]), although 4.5mm is a pretty big aphid.
… Bob Zuparko, 18 July, 2017 - 7:33pm login or register to post comments

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