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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 » Capitophorus » Artichoke Aphid (Capitophorus elaeagni)
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Aphididae, on Field Thistle, lateral - Capitophorus elaeagni
Copyright © 2021 MJ Hatfield

Aphididae, on Field Thistle, lateral - Capitophorus elaeagni
Ames High Prairie, Story County, Iowa, USA
July 30, 2020

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Aphididae, on Field Thistle, dorsal - Capitophorus elaeagni Aphididae, on Field Thistle, lateral - Capitophorus elaeagni Aphididae, on Field Thistle, nymph - Capitophorus elaeagni
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Contributed by MJ Hatfield on 9 January, 2021 - 10:52am
Last updated 11 January, 2021 - 11:11am

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Natalie Hernandez, 11 January, 2021 - 11:11am login or register to post comments

 
Oh good,
I'm glad I didn't guess, not even close.
Thank you.
… MJ Hatfield, 11 January, 2021 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

 
Haha not a super common one.
Those antennal tubercles and the projection on antennal segment one are pretty distinct for the genus. I've seen some that look like antlers.
… Natalie Hernandez, 11 January, 2021 - 2:02pm login or register to post comments

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