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Aphids - Uroleucon pseudambrosiae

Aphids - Uroleucon pseudambrosiae
Sand Springs, Osage County, Oklahoma, USA
May 18, 2008
Size: 1mm (1/32")
Please help with ID.

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Moved
Moved from Uroleucon.

Moved
Moved from Aphids.

The plant is a composite (daisy family)
which might put these in the large group of red aphids that feed on composite flowers - see here. I don't know howe many other genera fall into that categpry, unfortunately. A shot of the basal leaves of these dandelion-like plants can often be helpful for ID.

 
Dandelion
This is dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). Note the involucre of an inner rank of upright phyllaries and an outer rank of reflexed phyllaries; also the thick stem.

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