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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) » Nymphs
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aphid
Copyright © 2019 sam ekker

aphid
New Port Richey, Pasco County, Florida, USA
April 26, 2012
I uploaded others from the same group, they looked different

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Contributed by sam ekker on 22 March, 2019 - 3:02pm
Last updated 15 January, 2020 - 4:41pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 15 January, 2020 - 4:41pm login or register to post comments

Immatures
The two specimens are likely the same species, just this one has wing buds because it will turn into an adult with wings.

They look like the genus Aphis again, but since they are immature they can't really be identified any further.
… Natalie Hernandez, 22 March, 2019 - 3:32pm login or register to post comments

 
Is one possibly more mature t
Is one possibly more mature than the other? I feel good that I guessed it, sorry to waste your time
… sam ekker, 22 March, 2019 - 3:50pm login or register to post comments

 
Not a waste at all!
Aphids are just tough to ID with pictures, but I'd much rather look at lots of pictures I can't ID because people are trying, than have people just not submit them. Aphids can be frustrating, but its helpful to get more and more images and try to work them out.

The one with the wing pads is probably more mature. Aphids go through five stages, 1st instar nymph, 2nd instar nymph, 3rd instar nymph, 4th instar nymph, and adult. The one with wing pads is a 4th instar nymph and the other one looks more like 3rd instar nymph but might be a 4th too. Its a little harder to tell without the developing wing pads.
… Natalie Hernandez, 22 March, 2019 - 5:17pm login or register to post comments

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