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aphid - Aulacorthum solani
Copyright © 2017 Bill Keim

aphid - Aulacorthum solani
Buckingham, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA
November 5, 2017
Found on a Clematis flower.
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Contributed by Bill Keim on 6 November, 2017 - 1:50pm
Last updated 15 October, 2020 - 1:49pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 15 October, 2020 - 1:49pm login or register to post comments

Possibly Myzus varians
Suggestion courtesy of Jesse Rorabaugh:
https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/8711964.
… Bill Keim, 7 November, 2017 - 7:14am login or register to post comments

 
Foxglove Aphid
The darker green area around the siphunculi points to the very polyphagous Aulacorthum solani. The apex of the tibia is also very dark. Myzus varians has entirely pale legs, sometimes dusky coloring on the feet, but not dark.

https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Aulacorthum_solani_Glasshouse-potato_aphid_Foxglove_aphid.htm

https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Myzus_varians_peach-clematis_aphid.htm

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