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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) » Aphidinae » Macrosiphini » Hyperomyzus » Subgenus Hyperomyzus (Hyperomyzus Subgenus Hyperomyzus) » Blackcurrant--Sowthistle Aphid (Hyperomyzus lactucae)
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Aphid #2 - Hyperomyzus lactucae
Copyright © 2008 Brighid Gale

Aphid #2 - Hyperomyzus lactucae
Spring Valley, San Diego County, California, USA
January 13, 2008
Size: approx 2mm
Host plant is Sow Thistle---Sonchus oleraceus

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Contributed by Brighid Gale on 18 January, 2008 - 6:48am
Last updated 20 October, 2021 - 12:29pm

Moved
Moved from Hyperomyzus.
… Natalie Hernandez, 20 October, 2021 - 12:29pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 26 December, 2010 - 9:12pm login or register to post comments

More aphids, please!
It is nice when people add more aphids to the guide. It is such a large family and usually there are many individuals in any field (millions per acre), but they are largely ignored by contributors.
It looks like the plant is some kind of holly. It is important to record the host plant because many species are very host specific. This may not apply here since it is a winged individual, who may be just passing by.
Also, remember to crop your images to about 560 pixels on the larger side. Only you and the editors can see the enlarged version and some details get lost here for everybody else.
… Beatriz Moisset, 18 January, 2008 - 9:56am login or register to post comments

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