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Aphids? on paper birch - Hamamelistes spinosus
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Aphids? on paper birch - Hamamelistes spinosus
Prairie Haven, Buffalo County, Wisconsin, USA
June 23, 2024
These were tucked in between the veins on the underside of a leaf of a small paper birch and being tended by ants. Hamamelistes spinosus? I don't know of any Witch Hazel near here - does this mean that there must be some nearby?

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Contributed by marcie oconnor on 23 June, 2024 - 2:55pm
Last updated 23 September, 2024 - 6:20pm

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