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Rusty Plum Aphid (Hysteroneura setariae)
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Spencer Beck
Reddish-orange aphid with black siphunculi -
Hysteroneura setariae
Chalmette, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, USA
August 23, 2022
Found crawling on a piece of loose tarp in the backyard, near an colonized dandelion or similar
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Spencer Beck
on 2 February, 2023 - 4:17pm
Last updated 15 February, 2023 - 3:52pm
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Looks Like Rusty Plum aphid. Grasses or fruit trees nearby?
https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Hysteroneura_setariae_rusty_plum_aphid.htm
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Natalie Hernandez
, 15 February, 2023 - 3:52pm
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Probably right!
Yep! This was taken in my backyard, which I let grow pretty wild, and I know for a fact that St. Augustine and rescuegrass like to pop up quite often.
However, while this might just be a rogue aphid, it seemed like they were quite heavily colonizing a nearby dandelion - would this raise any suspicions, or are aphids known to simply choose "unusual" plants sometimes?
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Spencer Beck
, 16 February, 2023 - 5:13pm
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No, they're host specific.
Those were more likely Uroleucon if they were red, that genus prefers Asteraceae.
https://influentialpoints.com/Gallery/Uroleucon_aphids.htm
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I can't think of any other aphid that's similar to this specimen / Hysteroneura setariae, and looking at the list of species that are known to colonize Dandelions, it doesn't match any of them.
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Natalie Hernandez
, 16 February, 2023 - 5:36pm
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