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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) » Mindarinae » Mindarus
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Aphid bug thing, 6:41pm - Mindarus
Copyright © 2008 James Bailey

Aphid bug thing, 6:41pm - Mindarus
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
June 19, 2008
There were a few of these strange aphids on a roof of a children's slide, it was very high up but not that close to any trees.

I have heard of Psillids before and maybe that is what this is...need to do my research!
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Contributed by James Bailey on 18 September, 2008 - 7:03pm
Last updated 10 November, 2016 - 5:57pm

Moved
Moved from Aphids.
… Charley Eiseman, 23 December, 2010 - 1:52pm login or register to post comments

ID
Mindarus.
… Andrew Jensen, 23 December, 2010 - 1:02pm login or register to post comments

I suspect Eriosomatinae
based strictly on the gestalt I'm building after looking through nearly all of BugGuide's aphid images, not to be confused with anything approaching expertise. Short antennae, bluish body, blunt abdomen without prominent cornicles.
… Charley Eiseman, 2 December, 2009 - 9:06pm login or register to post comments

this is an alate aphid indeed
for psyllids ('psy...', not 'pysi...'), see your next pic -- and Psylloidea pages in the Guide
yellow attracts aphids; yellow traps are used in aphid surveys
… v belov, 18 September, 2008 - 7:39pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
What is needed to go further in I.D.?
… James Bailey, 19 September, 2008 - 6:46pm login or register to post comments

 
a few things:
[1] a willing aphid expert (i personally don't know any); [2] the specimen (i think, for most aphids, any advanced ID would require slide preparation or Very Good Photos with closeups of tail/cornicles, some antennal joints x100 magn., &c.); and [3] a good deal of patience. As a first step, find out who's taking care of aphids on the Guide, and try to ask them for advice.
… v belov, 19 September, 2008 - 7:01pm login or register to post comments

 
Who knew..
insects could be so complicated...

How many species would look like this?? Or is it just the fact that no-one would know??
… James Bailey, 20 September, 2008 - 12:25pm login or register to post comments

 
'look like this' is a tricky phrase...
for a lay eye, many hundreds; for a top expert, maybe a dozen...
… v belov, 20 September, 2008 - 1:41pm login or register to post comments

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